I can’t help with the battle of fort Sumter:
The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of siege-like conditions.
This is basically the key events and what happened in this battle. Hope it helped a bit. God bless and good luck!!
C) Colombia had raised the price for the right to build the Panama Canal.
The United State's wanted to create a Canal somewhere in the Latin America Isthmus. Because of this, the US Congress adopted the Panama Canal plan, But Colombia was not willing to cut a reasonable deal since they were asking for too much money for control of the canal. This made president Roosevelt encourage Panamanians to rebel and support their cause.
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