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Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.12
How were John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and Bleeding Kansas similar?
Both were direct responses to Dred Scott decision.
Both represented violent confrontations over the issue of slavery prior to the start of Civil War.
Neither event had any major impact on the national conversation about slavery or progression towards war.
Neither event had anything directly related with abolitionist movements or rise of sectional tensions before war broke out.
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