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 beat confederate forces. confederate forces staged a surprise attack and beat union forces. confederate forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat.

The answer is "Union forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat".

The First Battle of Bull Run is known by two names given to it by both the participants, the stated name was used by the Union forces while the name used by the Confederate forces was Battle of First Manassas. It was fought in 1861 and is considered the first major battle of American Civil War. Confederate won this battle and Union forces retreated.

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the statement that best describes president carter’s attempt to free the hostages in iran is c. all of the attempts failed.

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the operation eagle claw conducted by the united states armed forces was a failed mission which aimed to rescue 52 americans captured as hostages in the american embassy, tehran on 24/4/1980.the mission was authorized by president jimmy carter. the failures included;   obstacles in operation that included operational conditions challenges caused by sandstorms, hydraulic problems of one the helicopters and , mechanical failure of another helicopter that was identified as a cracked rotor blade and the crashing of another helicopter during mission abortion causing death of 8 service persons.