PPT-Values, Criteria, and Lincoln-Douglas

What is a VALUE A Value is An ultimate truth or standard of morality An idea about nontangible concepts Important to belief systems Value in LincolnDouglas Values in LD Debate work the same way. 1 2007 Douglas Wilson f or Lincoln‟s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words Lincoln Prize Acceptance Speech I trust it goes without saying that I am gratified and deeply honored to be Introduction. The issue of slavery continued to be controversial in the 1850’s. When in 1860, . the newly formed Republican Party nominated . for President Abraham Lincoln, an outspoken opponent of the further expansion of slavery, the stage was set for all-out civil war. . 1854-1861. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. I Believe This Government Cannot Endure Permanently Half Slave And Half Free. Abraham Lincoln, 1858 . *Uncle Tom’s Cabin. published in 1852, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Standard 11.3 : You will analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social and political impacts and issues regarding religious liberty. . Standard 11.1: The student will examine the effects of the Civil war and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic sifts and the emergence in the late 19. minutes preparation time to be used during the course of the debate. B. Debate: Affirmative 6 minutes Cross-examination by Negative 3 minutes Negative 7 minutes Cross-examination by Affirm 1854-1861. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand. I Believe This Government Cannot Endure Permanently Half Slave And Half Free. Abraham Lincoln, 1858 . *Uncle Tom’s Cabin. published in 1852, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. LOQ. CE. CNN. Lecture: The Nation Breaking Apart . 15.3 . Slavery . Dominates Politics. Disagreement over slavery led to . the formation . of the Republican . Party and . heightened sectional tensions. Chapter 13. Controversy . 1846 President Polk sent a bill to Congress, pursuing negations with Mexico. . David Wilmot attached an amendment to the bill . Wilmot Proviso – . that the U.S. prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico.. American freedom had long been linked to the availability of land Where?. Manifest Destiny-the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.. In national myth and ideology the West would long remain “the last home of the freeborn American.”. Before the Debate. -Lincoln, the Senate Republican nominee, challenged the other nominee, Stephen Douglas, to a debate. The two seemed to be complete opposites: Douglas, “The Gentle Giant,” was very polished. Lincoln, however, wore baggy clothes and was not so put together.. Chapter 19. 1854-1861. How Did We Get Here?. Stephen Douglas – wanted to break deadlock over western expansion. Status will be decided by popular sovereignty. Problem: violates Missouri Compromise. Lecture #1. Steps to the Civil War. Ms. . Rampey. – September 2011. Steps to Civil War. . Events leading to war. Economic Differences in North & South. Missouri Compromise. Compromise of 1850. Birth of the Republican Party, 1854. Northern Whigs.. Northern Democrats.. Free-. Soilers. .. Know-Nothings. . . (Political party from 1854-1856 who was against Germans and Irish Catholic immigrants who they felt were ruining America). Missouri Compromise . Slavery. Developing causes . Stephen Douglas’s desire for a transcontinental railroad and need of southern senators support. Douglas’ beliefs (popular sovereignty). Kansas-Nebraska Act.