Slavery: Lincoln-Douglas
Robert May talks about Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas on the issue of slavery both nationally and internationally.
Description
Robert May talks about Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas' positions on the issue of slavery, both nationally and internationally.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Explain the argument regarding slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
- What was the viewpoint on slavery for Lincoln and the Republican party?
- Why were Cuba, Mexico and Central America prime objectives for some southern expansionists?
- Who was William Walker?
- What did the term ‘filibuster’ mean during this time?
- Explain the dispute regarding filibusters among people in the U.S.
- Explain the compromise on slavery that Douglas supports in 1860-1861 after Lincoln won the election.
- According to May, how should Stephen Douglas be perceived in history?
- What concerns did Northerners and people in the Republican party have with regard to the expansion of slavery into tropical areas?
Participants
Vocabulary
- Abolitionist
- Annex
- Bleeding Kansas
- Confederacy
- Filibuster
- Kansas-nebraska Act
- Lincoln-douglas Debates
- President James Buchanan
- Territorial Expansion
- William Lloyd Garrison
- William Walker