Lincoln-Douglas Debates By: Sophie Thompson And Ben Word-Sims
Who was Abraham Lincoln? He was a member of the first republican party Was a self-educated lawyer and politician In 1846 he was elected to Congress as a Whig Broke is affiliation with the Whig party after the Kansas-Nebraska act
Who was Stephen Douglas? Was Attorney General of Illinois, Secretary of State, judge of the Supreme Court, and member of the House of Representatives Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Lincoln Challenges Douglas Lincoln challenged Douglas to seven open-air debates throughout Illinois on the issue of slavery in the territories Douglas made very dramatic speeches, while Lincoln used direct and plain language
Positions on Slavery Douglas was a strong believer of popular sovereignty Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral
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