Battle Overview
Key Figures
Strategies and Tactics
Aftermath and Impact
100

What year did the First Battle of Bull Run take place?

When is 1861?

100

Who was the Union General in charge of attacking Manassas Junction?

Who is Irvin McDowell?

100

What was the primary strategy used by the Confederates at Bull Run?

What is using "interior lines" to defend a central vicinity? 

100

What weaknesses were exposed in the Confederate army after the Battle of Bull Run?

What are the problems with discipline, organization, and training?

200

Where did the Battle of Bull Run take place?

What is Virginia?

200

Who witnessed the battle from a distance?

Who is Union citizens from Washington D.C.?

200

What technology was first widely used by both sides during this battle?  

What is railroads?

200

How did the battle affect Northern public opinion about the war?

What is the heightened realization that the war would be longer and more brutal than expected?

300

What was the outcome of the battle?

What is a Confederate victory?

300

Who was the Confederate soldier that was given the nickname “Stonewall”?

Who is Thomas J. Jackson?

300

What did the Union forces initially aim to do at Bull Run?

What is to defeat the forces at Manassas Junction to march into Richmond, Virginia?

300

What did the defeat at Bull Run lead to for the Union Army?

What is a reorganization and change in leadership?

400

What was the significance of the battle in the context of the Civil War?

What is it marked the first major battle of the Civil War?

400

Who was the president of the Confederate states?

Who is President Jefferson Davis?

400

What technology did the Union army use to spy on the Confederate army?

What is hot air balloons?

400

Where did the Union Army retreat to after having been defeated?

Where is Washington D.C.?


500

What is another name for the First Battle of Bull Run?

Battle of Manassas

500

Who was the first major Union general to be defeated in the battle?

Who is Irvin McDowell?

500

What is the Union Army Balloon Corps?

What is a branch of the Union army that flew hot air balloons to spy on the Confederate Army?

500

In the Union forces who replaced General Irvin McDowell after being defeated at the first battle? 

Who is Major General George B. McClellan?