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Which of the Following Is True of Senators Charles Sumner

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Which of the following is true of Senators Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks?


A) Their treatise against slavery on economic grounds caused an increase in antislavery sentiment among Northerners.
B) By supporting the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, they sought a peaceful and moderate solution to the Kansas crisis.
C) They demonstrated that Northern and Southern moderates could still work together for the national interest.
D) They were symbolic of just how emotional the political issue of slavery had become by 1856.

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