The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate
A) was in response to a pro-slavery speech he had given.
B) was a vicious assault carried out by a member of the House of Representatives.
C) was strongly condemned in the South.
D) resulted in Sumner's death from his injuries weeks later.
E) All these answers are correct.

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The beating of Charles Sumner was indeed carried out by Preston Brooks, a member of the House of Representatives, in response to Sumner's anti-slavery speech, not a pro-slavery speech. The incident was not condemned in the South; in fact, Brooks was widely supported there. Sumner survived the attack, although it took him years to recover fully.

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