This is a one question essay quiz dealing with your additional reading, Margaraetta Mason and Lydia Maria Child Discuss John Brown, 1860 Make sure you cite specific exams from the document in your t

This is a one question essay quiz dealing with your additional reading, Margaraetta Mason and Lydia Maria Child Discuss John Brown, 1860   Make sure you cite specific exams from the document in your text using in-text citations.

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Based on your reading of the primary source material, as well as your textbook, why did John Brown do what he did at Harper's Ferry?  How did people react to his actions?  What can we learn from these letters about the divide the nation was facing at this time?

chapter 12

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/12-manifest-destiny/

chapter 13

http://www.americanyawp.com/text/13-the-sectional-crisis/