
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Authored by John Robinson
Social Studies
8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What office were Lincoln and Douglas running for?
U.S. Senate
Representative
President
Vice President
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do you think Lincoln felt when he found out that some people in the Republican party wanted Douglas to leave the Democrats and become a Republican?
Excited
Happy
Disappointed
Thrilled
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Lincoln benefited from the debates because he
He showed he favored slavery
He was amusing
became more popular on the national level
attracted Southern voters
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
After the Lincoln-Douglas debates, who was elected as an Illinois senator?
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Stephen A. Douglas
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these accusations did Douglas make against Lincoln?
Lincoln secretly supported the Freeport Doctrine.
Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.
Lincoln wanted the United States to abolish popular sovereignty.
Lincoln wanted the United States to return to British rule.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Douglas lost support in the South due to which doctrine?
Douglas Debate Doctrine
Douglas Doctrine
Freeport Doctrine
Slaveholders’ Rights Doctrine
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The main result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was:
Lincoln was elected President
Douglas was elected President
California entered the Union as a slave state
Abraham Lincoln became well-known throughout the country
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