Lincoln-Douglass Debates
Across
- 2. The sixth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
- 4. A state in which slavery is not allowed or tolerated
- 7. One of the most prominent political parties of the time. The fall of the Democratic Party strengthened it because it caused more members to join this political party.
- 9. The state whose Senate seat both Lincoln and Douglas were trying to obtain
- 10. The seventh place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
- 12. The place where the first of the seven Linoln debates were held.
- 14. The idea heavily promoted by Stephen Douglas that slavery could be banned through a series of local decsions.
- 16. The number—in thousands—that came to witness the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Freeport.
- 17. A state in which slavery is allowed, tolerated, and even neccessary
- 18. One of the most prominent political parties of the time , though it was beginning to divide and crumble. Stephen Douglas belonged to this political party.
Down
- 1. Douglas's idea that the people should have the power to vote on whether or not they should allow slavery in the state or territory that they reside in.
- 3. The fourth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
- 5. The third place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debute took place
- 6. The place where the second of the seven debates occured
- 8. The controversial topic that dominates all political discussion of the time.
- 11. A Democratic politician who wanted the llinois Senat seat and was challenged by Abraham Lincoln to a series of debates.
- 13. A Republican politician who wanted the Illinois Senate seat and challenged Stephen Douglas to a series of debates.
- 15. The fifth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.