Preston Brooks's Caning of Charles Sumner

question 3

Multiple Choice

Preston Brooks's caning of Charles Sumner:

• A)took place in Kansas.
• B)ended Brooks's career in Congress.
• C)showed that both the North and South rejected political extremists.
• D)was totally without motive or provocation.
• E)made Brooks a hero in much of the South.

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