Lincoln Vs. Douglas

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Lincoln Vs. Douglas

• Contrasted

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Stephen Douglas

• Democrat from Illinois
• Little Giant,short stocky
• Dapper, fashionable, popular
• Popular Sovereignty

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Abraham Lincoln

• Honest Abe
• 1 term congressman
• Internal improvements
• Great Storyteller, well read
• Keep slavery out of the territorities

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Exaggerations

• Douglas
• Is a defender of slavery
• Supports the Dredd Scott Decision

• Lincoln
• Abolitionist

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Reality of Views

• Douglas
• Let the people decide on slavery

• Lincoln
• Slavery is a moral, social, and political wrong
  and hoped that it would disappear, eventually.