The policy of containment meant the united states would what ?

A policy to stop the spread of Communism

in 1859, brown and 21 of his followers attacked and occupied the federal arsenal in harper's ferry. their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. brown was captured during the raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. abolitionist and insurrectionist

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i see you are doing the same test on usa test prep. cause you are in the same class as me