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15 de mar. de 2019 · Lincoln-Douglas Debates. In the summer and the fall of 1858 two of the most influential statesmen of the late antebellum era, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln faced off in a series of debates focused on slavery as they vied for a United States Senate seat representing Illinois. In the long term, the Lincoln-Douglas debates propelled Lincoln ...
Stephen A. Douglas (entre 1855 et 1861). Stephen Arnold Douglas, né le 23 avril 1813 à Brandon, et mort le 3 mai 1861 (à 48 ans) à Chicago, est un homme politique américain et un avocat de l' Illinois. Il fut l'un des candidats du Parti démocrate à la présidence lors des élections de 1860, remportées par le candidat républicain ...
11 de jun. de 2018 · Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813–61) US statesman. Douglas served in the House of Representatives (1843–47), before becoming Senator for Illinois (1847–61). He tried to unite the Democratic Party on the issue of slavery, and was instrumental in the Compromise of 1850. He sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), that promoted popular ...
13 de may. de 2024 · Michael Levy. U.S. presidential election of 1860, American election in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. After Lincoln’s election seven Southern states seceded, setting the stage for the American Civil War.
Stephen Douglas. Douglas inicialmente apoiou a polêmica decisão da Suprema Corte chamada Caso Dred Scott de 1857. Contudo, no ano seguinte, durante sua campanha pelo senado, afirmou que aquela decisão negava ao povo a capacidade de decidir a questão por si mesmo.
12 de feb. de 2021 · Abraham Lincoln’s fame in the 1850s owed mainly to his provoking a public quarrel with Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas over the correct interpretation of the American founders. As the nation grew increasingly divided over the future of slavery, Lincoln and the new Republican Party sought to prevent the expansion of slavery into federal territories […]
Stephen A. Douglas. Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 1860 election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln . Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in a Senate contest, noted for ...
