SAT US History Practice Question
Which of the following statements regarding the Confederate army's firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 is true?
- A.Abraham Lincoln had previously sent troops to defend the fort.
- B.Jefferson Davis had offered to protect the ship that came to rescue the Union soldiers.
- C.Abraham Lincoln had previously decided to abandon the fort.
- D.Abraham Lincoln had previously sent supplies without extensive military protection.
- E.Jefferson Davis had left the decision to fire upon the fort up to the troops in Charleston, South Carolina.
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