Congressman Preston Brooks beat Senator Charles Summer nearly to death on the Senate floor because

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 Kansas
B. 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).

Hilton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South contented that

Hilton R. Helper's The Impending Crisis of the South contented that 

A. The Founders had intended that slavery should eventually be eliminated
B. Slavery was contrary to the religious values held by most Americans
C. Slavery did great harm to the poor whites of the South
D. Slavery violated the human rights of African Americans
E. Wealthy plantation owners would eventually seek to enslave poor whites as well



Answer is C. (Slavery did great harm to the poor whites of the South).

Lincoln rejected the proposed Crittenden Compromise primarily because

Lincoln rejected the proposed Crittenden Compromise primarily because

a. it left open the possibility that slavery could expand south into Mexico, Central America, or the Caribbean.
b. it permitted the further extension of slavery north of the line of 36° 30?.
c. it represented essentially the continuation of Douglas's popular sovereignty doctrine.
d. the Supreme Court would probably have ruled it unconstitutional.
e. it would have restored a permanent equal balance of slave and free states within the Union.








Answer: A

Within two months after the election of Lincoln

Within two months after the election of Lincoln

a. Northerners were mobilizing for a civil war.
b. seven southern states had seceded and formed the Confederate States of America.
c. all the slaveholding states had held conventions and passed secessionist resolutions.
d. President Buchanan appealed for troops to put down the secessionist rebellion.
e. the southern states had demanded a new constitutional convention to guarantee the future of slavery.









Answer: B