Which of the following best describes the First Battle of Bull Run?
Union forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.
Union forces staged a surprise attack and defeated Confederate forces.
Confederate forces staged a surprise attack and defeated Union forces.
Confederate forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.

Union forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.

Explanation:

In the First Battle of Bull Run, Union forces planned to attack with many troops but were thrown off guard by the persistance, size, and determination of Confederate army. General Thomas Jackson earned the name Stonewall Jackson from telling his troops to close in on the Union and not give up; he was as sturdy as a stone wall.

according to the quotation from booker t. washington's 1895 atlanta compromise speech.

in the great leap from slavery to freedom . . the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands . . we shall prosper . . as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor.

washington believed that  hard work had its own kind of dignity.

explanation:

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