First Manassas (the First Battle of Bull Run)was important because:
A)the Northerners accomplished an easy victory, which guaranteed their triumph in the Civil War.
B)the Union soldiers proved that they would never retreat from Southern aggression.
C)it stripped both the northerners and southerners of their assumptions about an easy war.
D)the Union used African American soldiers for the first time.
E)it gave Lincoln the advantage he wanted before he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

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The First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) was a wake-up call for both the North and the South, demonstrating that the Civil War would be longer and more brutal than either side had anticipated. It dispelled the initial optimism of a quick and easy victory.

First Manassas (The First Battle of Bull Run)was Important Because