Lincoln-Douglas debate
Slavery expansion dispute
A Lincoln-Douglas debate is a formal one-on-one debate format named after the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
In competitive speech, it focuses on philosophical and ethical questions rather than policy details, with structured time for constructive arguments, cross-examination, and rebuttals.
She won the state championship in Lincoln-Douglas debate.
- Emancipation ProclamationExecutive order freeing Confederate slaves
- natural rightsFreedoms inherent to personhood
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- time limitsAllotted duration caps
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