The subject of Charles Sumner's speech that led to his beating on the floor of Congress was
A)the hanging of John Brown.
B)the Dred Scott Decision.
C)the Compromise of 1850
D)the Fugitive Slave Act
E)"Bleeding Kansas."

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Charles Sumner's speech that led to his beating on the floor of Congress was about "Bleeding Kansas," a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements in Kansas between 1854 and 1859.

The Subject of Charles Sumner's Speech That Led to His