Lincoln and Douglas Debates

Lincoln and Douglas Debates

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Lincoln and Douglas Debates

Lincoln and Douglas Debates

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Social Studies

8th Grade

Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

After the Lincoln-Douglas debates, who was elected as an Illinois senator?

Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Webster

Henry Clay

Stephen A. Douglas

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these accusations did Douglas make against Lincoln?

Lincoln secretly supported the Freeport Doctrine.

Lincoln wanted African Americans to be fully equal to whites.

Lincoln wanted the United States to abolish popular sovereignty.

Lincoln wanted the United States to return to British rule.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What approach did Senator Stephen A. Douglas propose as an alternative to the Missouri Compromise?

Fugitive Slave Act

Texas-Maine Act

popular sovereignty

free soil

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Douglas lost support in the South due to which doctrine?

Douglas Debate Doctrine

Douglas Doctrine

Freeport Doctrine

Slaveholders’ Rights Doctrine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Main issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates

Spread of slavery to the WEST

Dred Scott Case

Civil War

Secession

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The main result of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was:

Lincoln was elected President

Douglas was elected President

California entered the Union as a slave state

Abraham Lincoln became well-known throughout the country

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Stephen Douglas's belief that popular sovereignty made the decisions of citizens more important than decisions made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

Freeport Doctrine

Bleeding Kansas

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