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=**Sumner-Brooks Affair**=

Pro-salvery congressman Preston Brooks attacked anti-slavery congressman Charles Sumner on May 22, 1856. Charles Sumner was at his desk folding pamphlets for mailing when Preston Brooks came into the Senate Chamber and began beating him unconscious. The significance of this event was that it marked the tension between the North and South before the Civil War. Brooks was praised in the south for his courageous act of violence and in the north sympathy was felt for Sumner.


 * Gravity** affects the power of the blows from Brooks that Sumner receives on his head. The force of gravity and the lack of wind resistance on the cane create powerful hits that are delivered to Sumner. The total force that is exerted when Brooks swings his cane depends on the force of gravity.


 * Speed** is the time per second that the cane moves towards Sumner. The speed that the cane hit Sumner affected the pain and the damage that was delivered to Sumner.


 * Force** is the strength or power exerted on an object and would be measured by the weight of the cane and the speed at which it is being moved. The total force exerted by Brooks and the cane is negatively affected only by the slight wind resistance on the cane as it's swung.

Sources: http://www.sjsapush.com/resources/sumner_brooks.jpg - Sumner-Brooks image //Shmoop //. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2013. . - Information  Reference