Lincoln Douglas Debates

What office were Lincoln and Douglas running for?

• U.S. Senate

• Representative

• President

• Vice President

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

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

After the Lincoln-Douglas debates, who was elected as an Illinois senator?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Daniel Webster

• Henry Clay

• Stephen A. Douglas

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.

Douglas lost support in the South due to which doctrine?

• Douglas Debate Doctrine

• Douglas Doctrine

• Freeport Doctrine

• Slaveholders’ Rights Doctrine

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

What was the primary topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

• A) Slavery and its expansion into the territories

• B) Economic policies

• C) Foreign relations

• D) Women's suffrage

In what year did the Lincoln-Douglas debates take place?

• A) 1858

• B) 1860

• C) 1865

• D) 1870

How many debates were held between Lincoln and Douglas?

• A) 5

• B) 6

• C) 7

• D) 8