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What was president lincoln's first response to the situation as fort Sumter?
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∙ 11y ago
he made a army to fight fort sumert
Arden Smith
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∙ 8y ago- He set up a naval blockade around the South.
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∙ 11y agoHe tried to run supplies into this small island garrison, and hold it in defiance of Confederate claims.
But when the enemy fired on it, he knew it could not hold out, and responded by calling for volunteer troops - the equivalent of declaring war.
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∙ 11y agoHe couldn't declare war, because that would mean recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
So he called for volunteer troops - and the other side was in no doubt what they were meant for.
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∙ 15y agoHe called for 70,000 volunteers for the Army and the blockade of the coasts of the states in rebellion.
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∙ 12y agoHe called for volunteer troops - the nearest thing to a declaration of war. (He could not actually declare war on the Confederacy, because he did not recognise it as a nation.)
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How did president Buchanan respond to fort Sumter situation?
Buchanan wasn't President so he didn't respond. Lincoln was president.
Lincolns plan for the besieged federal forces in Fort Sumter was?
To provision the garrison but not reinforce it.
Is fort Sumter a museum?
Fort Sumter was a fort back when Lincoln was president.
How did President Lincoln trick the South into attacking Fort Sumter?
Historians differ as to President Lincoln's actual intentions, but his (well-publicized) decision to send a resupply fleet to Fort Sumter in April of 1861 did in fact lead the South to fire the shots that sparked the formal start of the Civil War. Lincoln's response to the fall of Ft. Sumter was aggressive and decisive in several ways: it galvanized the war effort of the North and pushed additional Southern states to secede from the Union.
How many volunteers did Lincoln call for after fort Sumter?
After the surrender of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers. He requested that each of them serve for three months.
Which battle forced President Lincolns hand and made him prepare Union troops for war?
Fort Sumter
How did president Buchanan respond to fort Sumter situation?
Buchanan wasn't President so he didn't respond. Lincoln was president.
How did the south test president lincolns vow to hold federal property?
By firing on the island garrison of Fort Sumter - officially 'federal property', but to the Confederates, part of South Carolina.
Lincolns plan for the besieged federal forces in Fort Sumter was?
To provision the garrison but not reinforce it.
Where did lincolns inauguration take place?
They took control of Fort Sumter in South Carolina
What was president loincoln's first reponse to the situation at fort Sumter?
Lincoln said he would send food but no arms to the fort.
What did lincolns call for volunteers to defend fort Sumter lead to what?
The succession of the Upper South states
What did the Confederate government do when they received Lincolns message that he was sending supplies to Fort Sumter?
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What was President Lincoln's response to the situation at Fort Sumter?
After the Confederates fired on the US Army garrison on the island of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbour, Lincoln could not declare war, because that would mean recognising the Confederacy as a sovereign nation. Instead he appealed for volunteer troops to put down a rebellion of the Southern states and bring them back into the USA.
Lincolns action relative to fort Sumter April 1861 was to?
Send a relief force with food only
Who shot fort Sumter North or South?
Who shot first was the Confederacy "south" after Lincolns refusal to surrender the fort.
Is fort Sumter a museum?
Fort Sumter was a fort back when Lincoln was president.
