You are a journalist for a newspaper in 1858. It is your job to produce a one- to two-paragraph news story about the Lincoln-Douglas debates. You can focus your news piece by making it an article about each candidate’s views on slavery.
believed slavery should not spread: Lincoln/Douglas/Both
believed states should decide if they want to allow slavery: Lincoln/Douglas/Both
believed slavery embarrassed the United States in the eyes of the world: Lincoln/Doughlas/Both
believed blacks and whites were not equal: Lincoln/Doughlas/Both
