SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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Charles Sumner cornered Preston Brooks on the Senate floor and beat him viciously with a cane, which left Sumner physically and mentally incapacitated for a long period of time
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Caning of Charles Sumner, or the Brooks–Sumner Affair, occurred on May 22, 1856, in the United States Senate chamber, when Representative Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery Democrat from South Carolina, used a walking cane to attack Senator Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shortly after the Senate had adjourned for the day, Brooks entered the old chamber, where he found Sumner busily attaching his postal frank to copies of his “Crime Against Kansas” speech. Moving quickly, Brooks slammed his metal-topped cane onto the unsuspecting Sumner’s head.
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