Why was the Brown raid so important? What did Brown intend to do? What were the effects of his actions?

Please provide the best answer for the statement.


The ideal answer should:
1. Define the Brown raid as a long-term plan to attack an arsenal carried out by John Brown and several white and black men and start a slave insurrection in Virginia.
2. Note that the outcome of the raid included most of the attackers being killed and John Brown being executed by the state of Virginia.
3. Conclude that the long-term impact of the Brown raid was to anger the South and embolden northern abolitionists and southern slaves to continue resisting against slavery. The Brown raid, along with the election of Abraham Lincoln shortly thereafter, were sparks that ignited the Civil War.

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A) his Catholicism B) his role in the HUAC hearing C) an alleged improper gift he received from a supporter D) the criminal activity of his father

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What new developments in Africa and the Americas gradually created new types of pastoral imperialism?

What will be an ideal response?

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In line with mercantilist theory,

A. governments had nothing to do regarding trade and manufacturing policies. B. Latin American countries traded exclusively with their "mother" countries. C. Latin American colonies were encouraged to manufacture. D. American colonies were viewed as sources of raw materials and markets by Europeans. E. the production of heavy industrial products was instituted in Mexico in 1734.

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When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775

a. its members felt a strong desire for independence. b. it cut off communications with the British government. c. it continued to stall on the creation of an army and navy. d. there was no well-defined sentiment for independence. e. the conservative element was weakened.

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