ReadWorks -Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction in America: Fort Sumter and the First Shots of the American Civil War
Read these sentences from the text. When South Carolina saw the ship coming, the state interpreted the move as an act of aggression even though the supply ship had no intention of firing. Before the ship even arrived in the state, South Carolina troops fired on Fort Sumter. South Carolina demanded that the fort surrender. 𝘼𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 "𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧" 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣?
(B) give up
According to the text, what did South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas call themselves when they seceded from the Union?
(B) the Confederate States of America
What is this text mostly about?
(C) some important events that led to the beginning of the American Civil War
What was the effect of South Carolina firing on Fort Sumter and demanding the fort to surrender?
(C)The American Civil War had begun.
Based on the text, what did Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina probably do after the Civil War began?
(D) They probably joined the Confederacy.
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. South Carolina considered the supply ship an act of aggression, _______ it had troops fire on Fort Sumter.
(D) so
Why did the Union and the Confederacy fight each other in the American Civil War? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Lincoln knew he could not let Fort Sumter collapse because it was one of the last strongholds of Northern power in the South so he had to send a supply ship. However when South Carolina saw the ship coming, the state interpreted the move as an act of aggression. South Carolina troops fired on Fort Sumter and demanded that the fort surrender. Because of this event, the American Civil War had begun.
According to the text, what was Lincoln telling the Confederacy when he reminded everyone of his main goal of preserving the Union?
Lincoln was telling them that they couldn't just leave the Union without any consequences. The Union would fight to win the southern states back.
Read this paragraph from the text. Fort Sumter, a U.S. fort, was located in South Carolina. The fort had not received supplies for a long time. The men there had very little left to eat. South Carolina would not even allow food to be brought to the fort because South Carolina believed that Fort Sumter no longer belonged to the United States. Lincoln knew he could not let this fort collapse. It was one of the last strongholds of Northern power in the South. He had to send a supply ship. 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙩𝙚𝙧?
𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝙎𝙒𝙀𝙍 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 "(B) People did not care about the fort and the men there". 𝙊𝙍 "(D) People wanted to punish the fort because it was located in South Carolina."
