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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