Multiple choice

What did most Americans in the North believe would happen at the First Battle of Bull Run?

  1. the South would win and end the war

  2. the North would lose

  3. the North would win and end the war

  4. the battle would be a stalemate and the war would drag on
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Before the First Battle of Bull Run, many in the North expected a quick and decisive Union victory that would promptly crush the rebellion. Spectators even rode out from Washington, D.C., with picnic baskets to watch what they assumed would be an easy triumph.

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