Why was john brown so determined to free slaves? a. he had suffered a tortured as a slave before he escaped to freedom. b. he read uncle tom's cabin and became an abolitionist. c he believed that slavery was an acceptable practice. d. he believed god had commanded him to free all slaves by force.

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.