When faced with the question of federal forts in Charleston, South Carolina, and Pensacola, Florida, President Lincoln decided to:
a. resupply Fort Sumter, sending relief ships but no soldiers in order not to provoke the Confederates
b. resupply Fort Pensacola, sending relief ships and a regiment of federal troops
c. send the necessary men and materials to both forts, while demanding that all federal posts be protected
d. abandon them rather than provoke bloodshed
A
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