Lincoln-+Douglas+Debates

=//Lincoln- Douglas Debates// = By: Adrine Lill

This picture shows an article from an old newspaper about the debates between Lincoln and Douglas showing what each of there opinions about slavery and human rights for the black people of the world.-AL

The debates with Lincoln and Douglas was because they were both candidates for Senate of Illinois. At the time they were elected by state legislatures. -AL

Stephen Douglas was Lincolns rival. He was all for slavery

Key Terms -AL
 * 1.Refutation:** Arguing against constructive arguments made by the other debater.
 * 2.Value Objection:** The negative debater can offer a competing value that is upheld through their case. The negative must show that this value is superior to the affirmative value.
 * 3.Ground:** Ground refers to the arguments debaters can make during the round. It is used to say that each side must have sufficient ground for the round to be fair.

Links

1.http://mrlincolnandfreedom.org/- This web page explains everything that Lincoln has done 2.http://sonofthesouth.net/slavery/- This web page tells what Lincoln thought about slavery and other things to do with it -AL

How It Relates To The Civil War Time Period It relates to the Civil War time period because one of the things that started the Civil War was slavery. Slavery is what the debates between Lincoln and Douglas was about. The Civil War went in for years, part of it was because of slavery. It was an event that made the war progress faster. The South disliked liked Lincoln because he was against slavery and the South liked Douglas because he was all for slavery.

Explanation My topic is about Lincoln and Douglas and their debates on slavery to try to become the senate for Illinois. There was seven different debates but all kind of tied together.

Work Cited 1.http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org/debates.html 2.http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=336 3.http://www.bartleby.com/251/ 4.http://www.archive.org/stream/semicentennia3418illi#page/n9/mode/2up -AL