Week 20 Article 2: Firing on Fort Sumter

According to the passage 'Firing on Fort Sumter', what did the new Confederate States of America do with the Union forts and supplies located in their states?

• Destroyed them

• Took command of them

• Ignored them

• Sold them

Who was the Union commander at Forts Moultrie and Sumter according to the passage 'Firing on Fort Sumter'?

• Major Robert Anderson

• General P.G.T. Beauregard

• Colonel Robert E. Lee

• Major Thomas J. Jackson

According to the passage 'Firing on Fort Sumter', when did General P. G. T. Beauregard open cannon fire on Fort Sumter?

• April 12, 1861

• December 20, 1861

• April 15, 1861

• July 4, 1861

According to the passage 'Firing on Fort Sumter', the bombardment of Fort Sumter lasted for how many hours?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 34 hours

• 48 hours

According to the passage 'Firing on Fort Sumter', what event signaled the surrender of the Union fort to the new Confederate States of America?

• Raising the Confederate flag

• Lowering the American flag

• Firing cannons

• Signing a treaty

What flag is flying over Fort Sumter in the photograph?

• American flag

• Confederate flag

• British flag

• French flag