1. Lincoln-Douglas Debates By: Sophie Thompson And Ben Word-Sims

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln? He was a member of the first republican party Was a self-educated lawyer and politician In 1846 he was elected to Congress as a Whig Broke is affiliation with the Whig party after the Kansas-Nebraska act

3. Who was Stephen Douglas? Was Attorney General of Illinois, Secretary of State, judge of the Supreme Court, and member of the House of Representatives Introduced the Kansas-Nebraska Act

4. Lincoln Challenges Douglas Lincoln challenged Douglas to seven open-air debates throughout Illinois on the issue of slavery in the territories  Douglas made very dramatic speeches, while Lincoln used direct and plain language

5. Positions on Slavery Douglas was a strong believer of popular sovereignty Lincoln believed that slavery was immoral

6. Citations Licoln-douglas debate title page picture. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.andyamato.com/images/lin%20doug%20web%202.jpg Licoln picture. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.nassaulibrary.org/mineolanews/lincoln.jpg Douglas picture. [Web]. Retrieved from http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BZFYe98kpkk/SHVhRt5mC8I/AAAAAAAAAf0/5S aoqLPVN6Y/s400/Stephen+Douglas+2. cartoon picture. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2008-07/images/1860_Campaign.gif slavery picture. [Web]. Retrieved from http://www.understandingrace.org/images/482x270/society/resisting_slavery.jpg