What does the Sumner-Brooks incident tell us about the United States in 1856?
A) Violence would not go unpunished in Congress.
B) The South was beginning to turn against slavery.
C) The North valued the idea of free labor over the Fugitive Slave Act.
D) Slavery was becoming such a divisive issue that members of Congress, where all issues should be debated peacefully, were engaging in physical violence.
Answer: D
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