The correct response is: to convince the Confederacy he did not intend any military action. Lincoln's communication aimed to avoid provoking hostility and to show that he was only supplying food to the troops at Fort Sumter, not reinforcing it with military forces, which could have escalated tensions further.
When Lincoln sent food supplies to Fort Sumter, why did he inform the Confederacy that he would not be sending troops or weapons?(1 point) Responses to allow the Confederacy to retain full ownership of the fort to allow the Confederacy to retain full ownership of the fort to inform the Confederacy of his desire to begin open fighting to inform the Confederacy of his desire to begin open fighting to give the Confederacy a false sense of security and then attack to give the Confederacy a false sense of security and then attack to convince the Confederacy he did not intend any military action
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