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Responses
It increased tensions about slavery across the United States.
It increased tensions about slavery across the United States.
It reduced tensions in the North over the spread of slavery.
It reduced tensions in the North over the spread of slavery.
It motivated Americans to find a peaceful solution to the issue.
It motivated Americans to find a peaceful solution to the issue.
It motivated northerners to take up arms against slave states.
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The correct response is:
It increased tensions about slavery across the United States.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 heightened tensions surrounding the issue of slavery, particularly between the North and South, and it played a significant role in escalating the national debate over slavery leading up to the Civil War.
