What was the result of Preston Brooks's caning of Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner in 1856?
A) It settled a longstanding personal grievance between the men.
B) It further inflamed sectional passions over the institution of slavery.
C) It ended Sumner's long career in the Senate.
D) It resulted in Brooks becoming an outcast in his home state of South Carolina.
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