Lincoln Douglas Debate

Objective

• Lincoln blamed Democrats for letting slavery increase in the west

Question 1

• Why do you believe Lincoln would not talk about slavery in the existing slave states?
• Lincoln would talk about it because it would upset the South so he talked about stopping slavery in the west

Question 2

• Why did Lincoln question the Democrats’ belief in popular sovereignty?
• Lincoln wondered if this desicion went against the Dred Scott desicion

How many debates did Lincoln and Douglas participate in?

• Lincoln and Douglas participated in 7 debated total

The 7 Places Lincoln and Douglas Debated In

• Ottawa, Illinois
• Freeport, Illinois
• Jonesboro, Illinois
• Charleston, Illinois
• Galesburg, Illinois
• Quincy, Illinois
• Alton, Illinois

First Debate

• Dry and dusty
• debate began at 2:00 P.M.

Second Debate

• It was a cloudy and damp day
• Special trains brought people from cities to attend

Third Debate

• A lot of Democrats attended this debate
• Most people were slave owners

Fourth Debate

• 12,000 people attended
• Eleven railroad cars brought people from different cities to the debate

Fifth Debate

• The debate was in the Knox College
• Lincoln said the Declaration of Independence was applied to all men

Sixth Debate

• Lincoln said that slavery was wrong
• Douglas denied this statement and argued

Seventh Debate

• Cloudy day
• 5,000 people in attendance