SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE BATTLE OF FORT SUMTER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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South Carolina seceded and wanted the fort.
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The Confederacy wanted the fort.
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The Union wanted the fort.
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The slaves wanted the fort.
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Detailed explanation-1: -South Carolina’s declaration argued that the non-slaveholding states had “denounced as sinful the institution of slavery” and had “encouraged and assisted thousands of our slaves to leave their homes; and those who remain, have been incited by emissaries, books and pictures to servile insurrection.”
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 11, militia commander P.G.T. Beauregard demanded that Anderson surrender the fort, but Anderson again refused. In response Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter shortly after 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War.