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After Charles Sumner gave a Speech that Andrew Butler was offended by, Butler decided that Sumner should be beat to death by cane or whip. Brooks beat Sumner with his cane outside of the capitol 3 days after Sumner's speech. This influenced the start of the civil war because it made the northern abolitionists even more angry and eager to push their message.
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The election of Abraham Lincoln contributed to starting the Civil War because Lincoln was a northern republican who was against slavery. Eventually lincoln pushed the abolition of slavery causing the Civil War.
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