Lincoln+Douglas+Debates

1. When did it happen? 2. Provide relevant background to the event. 3. Who were the key people involved - and what were their roles? 4. Provide a one-paragraph summary of the important elements of this event/topic. 5. Identify and describe any/all key terms associated with this event/topic. 6. Explain the significance of the event - e//specially as it relates to worsening relationship between the North and South.//
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Lincoln grew up in Hodgeville, Kentucky on the fronteir. At twenty-one, he moved to Illinois and eventually became an attorney. || Rachel L, Tyler B, Chris S Stephen A Douglas: was on the other side of the debate his Freeport Doctrine during the debate cost him the election. A. Lincoln: was on the other side of the debate and showed strength as a leader. || Slavery: a major issue that was discussed ||
 * Lincoln Douglas Debates ||
 * Question || Answer ||
 * 1 || The debate happened in 1858 ||
 * 2 || Lincoln chalenged douglas increase national exposure.
 * 3 || * Stephen Douglas-Democrat
 * Abraham Lincoln-Republican ||
 * 4 || The key issue of the debate was whether or not slavery was to be allowed in the territories of the states. This debate began in 1858. The main people were Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Douglas's plan was to make Lincoln seem as a black Republican that wanted to emancipate slavery. Lincoln pushed for the reconcilliation of popular soverignty during the Dredd Scott decision. In the end, Lincoln ended up losing the Senate seat, but made him seriously appropriate for the position of president. ||
 * 5 || Popular sovernity- People have the right to choose based on the popular vote. ||
 * 6 || This debate between Douglas and Lincoln was important because of the priciple it established regarding slavery. During these debates the most important one was in Freeport illinois. Over 15000 people attended in a town which the population was 5000. This freeport debate was important because what came out of it was the freeport doctrine which was raised in this debate and it stated that people had the right to choose wheather or not to exclude slavery from there limits. ||
 * **Lincoln Douglas Debates** ||
 * **Question** || **Answer** ||
 * 1. When did it happen? || Date:1858 ||
 * 2.Provide relevent background to the event || * The Dred Scott decition had just been made.
 * The Kansas- Nabraska Act
 * Upcoming Election of 1860 ||
 * 3. Who were the key people involved - and what were their roles? || Key People:
 * 4. Provide a one paragraph summary of the important elements of this event/ topic. || This debate between Lincoln and Douglas was an old facion mud slinging contest. These two were excelent at debates they dicussed all the most important current events of the day. The debates drew huge crowds of people to watch. In the end Douglos won the debates and became senetor. ||
 * 5. Identify and describe any/ all key terms associated with this event/topic. || Key terms:
 * 6. Explain the significance of the event - especially as it relates to the worsening relationship between the North and South. || The significance of this event was its effect on the presidencial election of 1860. Something about the election hurt Douglas's chances of being president. His clever avoidence of answering difficult questions during the debates caused people to think that he did not completly support there views. Lincoln however during the debates got across how strong he was as a leader. Catherine Cocola, Gabin D. John F. ||

expansion - america incresing its land ||
 * **Lincoln Douglas Debates** ||
 * Question || Answer ||
 * 1. || The Debate happened in 1858 ||
 * 2. || lincoln engadged douglas to increase his visability, they met in 7 communities and had intensee debates over topics in order to secure a seat in the senate ||
 * 3. || Abe Lincoln, and Stephen A. Douglas ||
 * 4. || In 1858 Abe Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas engaged in heated debates across the nation, Douglas was a prominent and radical political figure, while Abe Lincoln was not well-known outside of Illinois. In an effort to increase his visibility Lincoln engaged Douglas in these debates. They were both competing for a seat in the senate. The main topic being debated was slavery. Douglas had no moral postition on slavery, Lincoln thought it was morally wrong but was not an albolitionist, he just didn't want slavery to expand westward. He argued that if it did expand then oppurtunities for poor white laborers in the West would be lost. He also argued that if blacks were not entitled to basic human rights then other groups like immigrant laborers would be deprived of their rights also. Some called it a "mud-slinging contest" and it drew huge crowds of people wherever they debated. ||
 * 5. || popular soverignty - people get to decide wheteher their state would be a slave or free state
 * 6. || it was significant because it brought up the big issue in the US in that time which was slavery and it contributed to the worsening relationship between the North and the South because out of it came the Freeport doctrine which originated from the debate in Freeport, IL. South wanted to extend slavery and the North did not want slavery, Lincoln;s position greatly angered the South.

Syed N, Eric M, James G., Paige P. ||