Changing Abolitionism Answers

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After John Brown was tried, convicted, and hanged, most Northerners

wanted the prison where he had been held closed.

were relieved that he was dead.

thought his actions caused violence to increase.

considered him a hero.

Which of the following groups helped fugitives use the Underground Railroad during the mid-1800s?

conductors and railroad workers

ministers and businessmen

enslavers and bounty hunters

abolitionists and religious groups

Why did John Brown lead the raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?

to inspire Southern enslavers to resist abolitionists

to inspire an armed uprising of enslaved people

to protest the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

to protest the use of militia to defend enslavers

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