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Although the raid failed, it inflamed sectional tensions and raised the stakes for the 1860 presidential election. Brown's raid helped make any further accommodation between North and South nearly impossible and thus became an important impetus of the Civil War.
Hi. You did not submit the pamphlet this question refers to, which makes it difficult for this question to be answered. However, I will try to help you as best I can.
As the National Congress is a political authority, made up of people who must be committed to the truth and accurate reporting of facts, Americans are likely to see a pamphlet published by Congress as a reliable source of information. The pamphlet can be considered credible if it is a political matter that has been drafted by a reputable and appropriate political group such as the national congress.
The United States faced many problems immediately following the Vietnam War, but perhaps the greatest was that returning Veterans were very traumatized and found it difficult to find jobs.
The American Revolution, having been successful, inspired those in the 3rd Estate (the lower class) to revolt. Why should they be oppressed, they wondered, by an unfair higher power, when the colonists, experiencing (what they thought was) the same thing, could overthrow their oppressive power?
