The First Battle of Bull Run

When was the first Battle of Bull Run?

• July 19, 1861

• July 21, 1861

• July 20, 1861

• July 21, 1851

When did the first Battle of Bull Run End?

• July 23, 1861

• July 4, 1996

• August 17, 1861

• July 21, 1861

Where did the first Battle of Bull Run take place?

• Williamsburg, Virginia (around 2 hrs and 45 mins from Washington D.C.)

• Cincinatti, Ohio

• Washington D.C.

• Manassas Junction, Virginia (around 25 minutes from Washington D.C.)

Why did the Battle of Bull Run start?

• The problems and arguments over slavery

• Confederate General Robert E. Lee wanted to prevent two Union armies from joining forces

• Confederate General Robert E. Lee wanted two Union armies to join forces

• People opposed California joining the Union as a free state.

Who fought for the Confederates?

• Slave owners

• The British

• Southern troops/states

• Northern Slaves

Who fought for the Union?

• Northern troops/states

• The British

• Southern slaves

• Slave owners

Who won the Battle of Bull Run?

• The Union (Northern troops/states)

• The Confederates (Southern troops/states)

• The British

• Women

Who led the Union/Northern States?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert Lee

• General Irvin McDowell

Who led the Confederates (Southern states/troops)?

• General George Pickett

• General Pierre P.T. Beauregard

• General Bradley

• Ulysses S. Grant

Who was General Stonewall Jackson?

• A general officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War

• The leader of the Confederates

• The President of the U.S.

• The leader of the Union