The Battle of Fort Sumter

What was the main purpose of Fort Sumter?

• to guard Charleston Harbor

• to hide the army for cover

• to defend the country from invasion

• to fend off the enemy

True or False

Major Robert Anderson Led the Confederate forces in the Battle of Fort Sumter

• True

• False

True or False:

The Union forces began running out of supplies at Fort Sumter

• True

• False

True or False

Major Anderson surrendered the fort to the Confederate troops

• True

• False

Who fired at the ship full of supplies at Fort Sumter?

• Governor Washington

• Governor Pickens

• Lincoln

• Governor Adams

Which army shot first at Fort Sumter that became the first shots of the Civil War?

• Union

• Confederate

• They both shot

• None of the above

True or False

General P.G.T Beauregard led the Union forces in the Battle of Fort Sumter

• True

• False

The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War

• True

• Fasle

The Confederate troops gave no warning to the Union troops before firing upon them at Fort Sumter

• True

• False

Many southern states seceded after the Battle of Fort Sumter

• True

• False