John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was significant because
A) it provoked bloody retaliation against antislavery voters in Kansas.
B) it intensified southern fears of slave insurrection.
C) it intensified southern suspicions about the Democratic Party.
D) it added to southerners' belief that their interests could be protected within the Union.

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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 heightened southern fears of a slave insurrection, as it was an armed attempt to initiate a slave revolt by seizing a United States arsenal. This event increased tensions between the North and South leading up to the Civil War.

John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry Was Significant Because