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How did John Brown's raid and the outcome of his court hearing impact the Unites States and the talk of the breakup? Explain with reasoning.

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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.

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