When Lincoln sent food supplies to Fort Sumner, why do the informthe Confederacy that he would not be sending troops? Or weapons a to inform the Confederacy of his desire to begin open fighting b. E to allow the Confederacy to retain full ownership of the fortsee to give the Confederacy. A false sense of security and then attack d to convince the Confederacy. He did not intend any military action.

Answer 1

The correct answer is d) to convince the Confederacy that he did not intend any military action. By sending only food supplies to Fort Sumner and explicitly informing the Confederacy that no troops or weapons would be sent, Lincoln intended to signal that his intentions were peaceful. He aimed to avoid provoking the Confederacy into further military escalation and instead hoped to ease tensions between the two sides.