John Brown's Raid

The northerners seemed to act cautious over John Brown’s raid, almost trying to distance themselves from association, even though they may have agreed with it. There were, however, several northerners who were amazed at Brown’s dedication to such a cause, some viewing it as a heroic and martyr-type deed. His raid brought about the Southerners deepest fears though. Here was an African American trying to start an uprising of slaves; hence the southerners felt it had to be stopped. Even though Republicans tried not to be associated with Brown’s raid, the southern Democrats tied each of them together fueling the soon-to-be war.
2. The market revolution affected American society by allowing people to connect to others by trade in a way that
Mid-19th century northerners and southerners did have in common the belief that slavery was an institution. They saw it growing in the nation and they could see just how adaptable it was to almost every situation. For even Thomas Jefferson who had proposed that “all men are equal,” owned slaves. The idea of slavery was very common among the people.
5. Slavery’s expansion exacerbated sectional differences because there were already many people questioning their concerns about how a free nation could abide slavery. Many southerners realized that slavery was morally or biblically wrong to own people, but they also viewed it as an economically necessary way to live and prosper in the South. However, many northerners saw it differently, already creating the basis of sectional differences.
6. The Second Great Awakening had different effects on both the North and South. The northerners took the messages of this awakening and applied it not only to their lives, but also to the world. They would use it as a platform for movements such as the temperance, school reform, and slavery. The southerners, however, took it more personally, feeling that they should rid themselves of sin, and treat others fairly, but they did not feel that it was meant to abolish the practice of