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

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

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.