SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
LINCOLNS ELECTION
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Question
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He was hanged.
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He was acquitted because he was found insane.
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He single handedly ended slavery in the US.
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He was killed by lethal injection.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On November 2, Brown was sentenced to death by hanging. On the day of his execution, 16 months before the outbreak of the Civil War, John Brown prophetically wrote, “The crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.”
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charles Town for treason for his raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry six weeks earlier. While Brown’s raid had failed miserably, his capture and hanging had a much greater impact on national events. Brown’s actions set off shockwaves across the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -On November 2 Brown was sentenced to hang on the gallows. All six of Brown’s captured men were tried and hanged. Five escaped. Brown was executed December 2, 1859.
Detailed explanation-4: -He was hanged on December 2, 1859. John Brown’s last written words on the day of his execution predicted the Civil War.