Lincoln-Douglass Debates

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Across
  1. 2. The sixth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
  2. 4. A state in which slavery is not allowed or tolerated
  3. 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.
  4. 9. The state whose Senate seat both Lincoln and Douglas were trying to obtain
  5. 10. The seventh place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
  6. 12. The place where the first of the seven Linoln debates were held.
  7. 14. The idea heavily promoted by Stephen Douglas that slavery could be banned through a series of local decsions.
  8. 16. The number—in thousands—that came to witness the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Freeport.
  9. 17. A state in which slavery is allowed, tolerated, and even neccessary
  10. 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. 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.
  2. 3. The fourth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.
  3. 5. The third place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debute took place
  4. 6. The place where the second of the seven debates occured
  5. 8. The controversial topic that dominates all political discussion of the time.
  6. 11. A Democratic politician who wanted the llinois Senat seat and was challenged by Abraham Lincoln to a series of debates.
  7. 13. A Republican politician who wanted the Illinois Senate seat and challenged Stephen Douglas to a series of debates.
  8. 15. The fifth place in which a Lincoln-Douglas debate was held.