USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the end, Douglas triumphed over Lincoln with Democrats gaining forty-six seats to the Republican’s forty-one. However, while Douglas might have won the battle, Lincoln won the true war: the 1860 Presidential Election.

Detailed explanation-2: -Despite his loss, Lincoln’s commanding performance in the debates with Douglas, and his eloquent and bold statement of the Republican Party’s position on slavery, established him as a figure of national importance.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and the incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas, in a campaign for one of Illinois’ two United States Senate seats.

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.