Question

What did the beating of charles sumner show about the north and south?

Answer 1

It showed that the north and the south were divided.

Answer 2

Answer: It showed their political and cultural differences.

Explanation:

Preston Brooks, assaulted Sumner, who was an anti-slavery leader, on the Senate floor after a speech he had delivered in May 1856. It took him three and a half years to recover from the beating. This is a clear example of the violence and the divisions between North and South.