What Was the Significance of the First Battle at Manassas

question 55

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the first battle at Manassas (or Bull Run) in July 1861?

• A) It disheartened northerners to the extent that men stopped volunteering for the Union army.
• B) The Union's defeat encouraged Lincoln to authorize the enlistment of one million more men for three years.
• C) It was a bloodbath in which over ten thousand men died.
• D) Confederate soldiers questioned whether they had the mettle to compete with Union troops.

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Definitions:

Central Nervous System

The part of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord, responsible for processing and coordinating sensory information and responses.

Somatic Nervous System

A part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits sensory and motor signals to and from the central nervous system, controlling voluntary muscle movements.

Axons

Long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body to other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Nerves

Bundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs.