SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
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in the U.s Senate
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To a series of 7 debates
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for forbid slavery in new states
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to pass the Kansas slave Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate.
Detailed explanation-2: -The debates consisted of Douglas accusing Lincoln of being an abolitionist while Lincoln accused Douglas of wanting to nationalize slavery. These main topics were reflective of the major issues that the country was facing at a national level with both sides battling for what they thought would better the Union.
Detailed explanation-3: -From August to October of 1858, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois, took on the incumbent Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas in a series of seven debates.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates-all about three hours along-Lincoln argued against the spread of slavery while Douglas maintained that each territory should have the right to decide whether it would become free or allow slavery.