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1) Why did the Confederates want to control Ft. Sumter? 2) What role did Ft. Sumter play in starting the Civil War?
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1) Why did the Confederates want to control Ft. Sumter?

2) What role did Ft. Sumter play in starting the Civil War?

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1. Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor
2. Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard.
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