Fort Sumter and the Confederacy Answers

✔ NeedChoiceNot important means the same as necessity.

What does Davis mean when he says “our energies must be directed to the conduct of our own affairs”?

Lincoln says that he will use his power to hold properties belonging to the government. In saying this, he is rejecting the idea of taxationunion✔ secession

According to Davis, the Southern states seceded as a choice✔ necessitylast resort.

IgnoresExcuses✔ Requires means the same as enjoins.

What authority did Lincoln claim for enforcing laws in the states that have seceded?

According to this excerpt, Lincoln hoped to avoid secession✔ waroccupation

To whom is Lincoln referring when he says “my dissatisfied fellow countrymen”?

According to Lincoln, who will be to blame if a civil war begins?

What stance does Davis take on war beginning?

According to this excerpt, the Confederate states must focus their attention on the ✔ survival of the Confederacydestruction of the Unionmaintenance of slavery.

What does Lincoln mean when he says “the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States?”

Lincoln says that he will use his power to hold on to ✔ all states Southern statesNorthern states