Why did the Confederacy want to control Fort Sumter?

A) Fort Sumter was located in a Union state and controlling it would make it easier to hold off Union troops.
B) Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and it protected important shipping lanes and commercial areas.
C) Fort Sumter was located on the border of a Union state and a Confederate state, which gave it a high strategic value.
D) Fort Sumter was located within the Confederacy, and the Union wanted to use it to store weapons and other supplies.

If the president needed to send two members of the cabinet to italy to negotiate a military treaty, the secretary of defense and the secretary of would most likely be sent.

Which of these is the best example of a cause-and-effect chain of events? 1. alonzo went to the music festival. 2. carmen went to the same music festival. 3. alonzo met carmen at the music festival. 1. yosef bought a new car from a dealership. 2. bailey bought a car from the same dealership. 3. bailey paid more for his car than yosef did. 1. the high school football team played a game on friday night. 2. the drama club put on a play on friday night. 3. maya watched the football game instead of the play. 1. a fast food restaurant ran an advertisement on television. 2. hank saw the advertisement and got hungry. 3. hank went to the fast food restaurant and bought food.

50pts for which group is the poverty rate the highest? poverty: select the best answer from the choices provided. a. asians b. whites c. female headed households d. african-americans