Debates

What are the two sides of a debate?

• Affirmative / Negative

• North / South

• Left / Right

• Front / Back

team that agrees with the thesis of the debate

• affirmative team

• negative team

• judge

• topic

team that disagrees with the thesis of the debate

• affirmative team

• negative team

• judge

• topic

A statement in a debate and supported by evidence

• Challenge

• Concern

• Argument

• Clause

a set of reasons expressed to oppose another argument

• closing

• dispute

• counterargument

• paragraph

In the statement "I disagree! Have you forgotten that airplane exist?"

• The person agrees with the other speaker

• The person has a different opinion to the previous speaker

• They feel the same

What was the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

• They were a series of debates that focused on the issue of slavery and its expansion into the territories.

• They were debates that led to the immediate abolition of slavery in the United States.

• They were a series of debates that resulted in the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

• They were debates that focused on economic policies and trade agreements.

Who was the Democrat-incumbent that Abraham Lincoln challenged in the debates?

• Stephen A. Douglas

• John C. Breckinridge

• James Buchanan

• Franklin Pierce

Match the locations with the dates of the Lincoln-Douglas debates:

• September 15, 1858

• Freeport

• September 18, 1858

• Charleston

• October 7, 1858

• Ottawa

• August 21, 1858

• Jonesboro

• August 27, 1858

• Galesburg

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates were a series of debates in 1858 between which two political figures?

• Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

• Stephen A. Douglas and Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant