Why did the confederacy want to control fort sumter?

Before the civil war, the south’s economy was based on enslaved labor. large cities. immigrant workers. factories.

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo,sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

Which of the following statements is true about water access in the middle east? a. access to coastal waters is not important to people.b. most countries depend on outside resources for water.c. water is available in large supplies in all countries.d. all countries have sources of renewable freshwater.