You are a journalist for a newspaper in 1858. It is your job to produce a one- to two-paragraph news story about the Lincoln-Douglas debates. You can focus your news piece by making it an article about each candidate’s views on slavery.

believed slavery should not spread
believed states should decide if they want to allow slavery
believed slavery embarrassed the United States in the eyes of the world
believed blacks and whites were not equal

Lincoln :

- believed slavery should not spread

- believed slavery embarrassed the United States in the eyes of the world

Douglas :

- believed states should decide if they want to allow slavery

- believed blacks and whites were not equal

Explanation :

Lincoln used the establishment of slavery as his main platform during the presidential election. He believed that there is no justifiable cause to enslave other human beings, even if we look at it from both economic and human rights perspective.

In economic perspective, industrial revolution have created a way for business to mass produce their goods without needing the work of slaves anymore. In human rights perspective, Lincoln believe that humans are created equal regardless of the color of their skin.

Other Industrialized nations such as England has abolish slavery for around 30 years at that time (in 1833). The fact that United States still did it was an embarrassment in the eyes of the world.

Douglas Believed the exact opposite. He believed that white people are superior to the Blacks. So it is in their divine rights to justify enslaving and 'guide' them. He also believe that the federal government shouldn't determine whether slavery should exist or not. All of that power should be given to the stats.

- "the civil rights movements"

- "following the american civil war and abolition of slavery, the united states entered a period known as reconstruction, during which black americans continued to suffer from disenfranchisement, racial segregation, and economic oppression. beginning in the early 1950's, black americans launched a series of major campaigns of civil resistance, emphasizing the need for nonviolent protests and civil disobedience."

"such as the montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56, a campaign launched by rosa parks against the policy of racial segregation of the public transit system in alabama. “sit-ins” became popular across the american south, particularly in greensboro, north carolina, increase national sentiment."

- "the counterculture movement"

- "counterculture began to develop in the united states following the rise of conformity in american culture during the 1950s. by 1963, youth, particularly those of the white middle class, began rejecting the cultural standards and normality of their parents, opting for progressive attitudes instead. the movement gained momentum as the civil rights movement became increasingly successful and as the u.s. military intervention of vietnam began to take a negative turn."

"hippie counterculture moved further into popular culture following the summer of love in 1967 when thousands of people came together in the haight-ashbury neighborhood of san francisco. along with greenwich village in new york city, haight-ashbury became a hub for the counterculture movement."

(d). gave voting rights to free african americans and white women.