Question

1. What does the fort’s location suggest about it importance?

2. What was the significance of the fall of Fort Sumter?

Answer 1

Answer 1:

Fort Sumter restrained the way to the port of Charles-town South Carolina one of the most influential ports in the South. With the Union forces in command of Fort Sumter, the north could intercept any shipping coming in and out of Charles-town. Charles-town was necessary for the export of cotton necessary for the economic survival of the South.

Answer 2:

The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War. The powerful Corporate artillery shelling of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the crude fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions.

Answer 2

Fort Sumter location controlled the access to port of Charlestown South Carolina that was a vital port in the South.In addition to that it was a federal military installation.

Fort Sumter was a Federal government property, thus its fall was the flashpoint that initiated the American Civil War.

Explanations

The Union forces wanted to control Fort Sumter so that to prevent shipping activities in and out of Charlestown. Preventing the shipping activities in Charlestown could impact the export of cotton that was vital for the stability of south economy. In this act, the South hoped that the north would understand their claim to succeed from the union and create an independent nation. This attack was important because it showed that the confederacy were willing to fight for independence.