Failure of Compromise

AP US History· difficulty 4/5

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (1859)

  • A

    Was a peaceful protest march that ended with negotiated antislavery reforms in Virginia and won broad Southern political support

  • B

    Was an organized political campaign to secure voting rights for free Black men in Virginia, leading to a state constitutional convention

  • C

    Was an attempt to seize a federal arsenal and incite a slave uprising; he was captured and executed, becoming a martyr to abolitionists

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  • D

    Was successful in seizing the federal arsenal and arming a sustained slave rebellion that spread across several Southern states

Explanation

Confirmed Southern fears that Northerners would use violence to end slavery.

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