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What was the impact of Preston Brooks’ attack on Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate?
It led to the resignation of Charles Sumner from the Senate.
It unified the North and South in opposition to violence.
It caused the Kansas-Nebraska Act to be repealed.
It deepened sectional tensions between the North and South.
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It deepened sectional tensions between the North and South.
Brooks’s caning of Sumner outraged Northerners (who saw it as proof of Southern brutality) and was celebrated by many in the South, intensifying sectional polarization. It did not lead to Sumner’s resignation or the repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Brooks’s caning of Sumner outraged Northerners (who saw it as proof of Southern brutality) and was celebrated by many in the South, intensifying sectional polarization. It did not lead to Sumner’s resignation or the repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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