Why did the confederacy want to control fort sumter? fort sumter was located in a union state and controlling it would make it easier to hold off union troops. fort sumter was located within the confederacy, and it protected important shipping lanes and commercial areas. fort sumter was located on the border of a union state and a confederate state, which gave it a high strategic value. fort sumter was located within the confederacy, and the union wanted to use it to store weapons and other supplies.

Correct answer choice is:

B. Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and it protected important shipping lanes and commercial areas.

Explanation:

Fort Sumter was a extremely contentious place, particularly once several southern states had declared secession from the Union. The Confederacy wished to achieve management of the fort as a result of it offered a strategic naval advantage. They were determined to seize the defensive structure as a result of it controlled the doorway to Charleston harbor and was occupied by Union troops.

Option: Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and it protected important shipping lanes and commercial areas.

Explanation:

Fort Sumter was on an artificial island fortification built with thousands of tons of granite, in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The Confederate wanted to control the Fort Sumter fortress because it occupied by the Union troops and an important for its building in the entrance to Charleston harbor.  The Confederacy army wanted to seize the fortress for its location that included shipping lanes and commercial areas.

3. republican abraham lincoln

4. south carolina

5. charleston, south carolina

6. confederates

7. minie bullet - made defense even safer, it spun faster, traveled further and was five times more accurate than any single-man weapon. able to kill at half a mile, it was the largest contributor to battle wounds

      or the the gatling gun - the most successful of several rapid-fire guns that were born before the war. its efficiency in killing only made war more deadly.

idk which one u learned about. pick one.

8. the south was fighting to maintain its way of life, whereas the north was fighting to maintain a union. so they had will, and the north were fighing on unfamiliar territory

9. union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials, industrial base, the factories to make these war materials. the union also was wealthier than the confederacy and could finance the war.

10. stonewall jackson

11. chancellorsville

12. gettysburg

13. sherman

some of these might be wrong but i tried my best.   : )