Correct. The answer is c. To support his argument that the Confederacy ultimately made the first move, deciding to “make war rather than let the nation survive,” the author demonstrates that Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, insisted that Confederate troops should attack and claim the Union’s Fort Sumter before Lincoln’s peaceful expedition to resupply the fort could arrive.
Incorrect. The answer is c. To support his argument that the Confederacy ultimately made the first move, deciding to “make war rather than let the nation survive,” the author demonstrates that Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, insisted that Confederate troops should attack and claim the Union’s Fort Sumter before Lincoln’s peaceful expedition to resupply the fort could arrive.