Sound Smart Fort Sumter Quiz

When did the bombardment of Fort Sumter begin?

• April 12, 1861

• April 14, 1865

• June 30, 1862

• December 1860

How many states formed the Confederacy in early 1861?

• 5

• 7

• 13

• 10

What did Lincoln plan to reprovision the fort with?

• Humanitarian supplies

• Weapons and ammunition

• Money and gold

• Food and clothing

Who ordered the surrender of Fort Sumter?

• President Lincoln

• Major Anderson

• General Pierre Beauregard

• General Ulysses S. Grant

What event is considered to have launched the American Civil War?

• The signing of the Treaty of Appomattox Court House

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The bombardment of Fort Sumter