Congressman Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Summer nearly to death on the Senate floor because
A. Summer had helped to fun John's Brown's violent activities in KansasB. Summer had used abusive language to describe the South and a South Carolina senator
C. Summer had personally blocked the admission of Kansas to the Union as a slave state
D. Summer had threatened to kill Brooks if he had the opportunity
E. Democrats believed that Summer would be a dangerous Republican candidate for President
Answer is B. (Summer had used abusive language to describe the South and a South Carolina senator).