Lincoln-Douglas
Famous slavery debates
Lincoln-Douglas refers to a format of competitive debate featuring one-on-one argumentation, typically focused on questions of values and ethics rather than policy.
Named after the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, which centered on slavery and became models of sustained political argument.
In high school debate circuits, Lincoln-Douglas (or LD) emphasizes philosophical reasoning and persuasion: She competed in Lincoln-Douglas all four years.
Four-digit year
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- slaveryOwnership of people
- FreeportDuty-exempt trading zone
Galesburg · Ottawa · Charleston · Alton · popular sovereignty · expansion · territories · Dred Scott
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- valueImportance or price
- criterionStandard for judgment
- affirmativeExpressing agreement or consent
negative · cross-examination · rebuttal · constructive · round · tournament · high school · oratory
1858
Four-digit year
- IllinoisMidwestern state, sixth-largest
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- slaveryOwnership of people
Freeport · Galesburg · Ottawa · Charleston · Alton · popular sovereignty · expansion · territories · Dred Scott · Union
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- valueImportance or price
- criterionStandard for judgment
affirmative · negative · cross-examination · rebuttal · constructive · round · tournament · high school · oratory · argumentation
- debaterebuttal, argument, rebuttals, refute, case
- Debate formatsparliamentary, policy debate, cross-examination, open forum, public forum
Lincoln-Douglaspanel discussion
Organized multi-speaker talk
parliamentary debate · roundtable · town hall · group discussion · symposium
Lincoln-Douglaspanel discussion
Organized multi-speaker talk
monologue · lecture · consensus-building · brainstorming session · mediation
Lincoln-Douglaspanel discussion
Organized multi-speaker talk
open forum · colloquium · conversation · dialogue · brainstorming session