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  2. Lincoln–Douglas debates - Wikipedia

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    Slavery was the main theme of the LincolnDouglas debates, particularly the issue of slavery's expansion into the territories. Douglas's Kansas–Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise 's ban on slavery in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and replaced it with the doctrine of popular sovereignty , which meant that the people of a ...

  3. Lincoln–Douglas debate format - Wikipedia

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    LincolnDouglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic , ethical values , and philosophy . [ 1 ]

  4. Competitive debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There are a wide variety of competitive debate formats, including the 2v2 Public forum debate, the 1v1 LincolnDouglas format, and the 2v2v2v2 British Parliamentary. Regardless of format, most debate rounds use a set topic and have two sides, with one team supporting the topic and the other team opposing the topic.

  5. Political debates spark trip down memory lane of Lincoln ...

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    History professor William Urban takes a look back at the debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in Monmouth in 1858.

  6. Freeport Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas on August 27, 1858, in Freeport, Illinois, at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.Former one-term U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln was campaigning to take Douglas's U.S. Senate seat by strongly opposing all attempts to expand the geographic area in which slavery was permitted.

  7. Flow (policy debate) - Wikipedia

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    In policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, and public forum debate, the flow (flowing in verb form) is the name given to a specialized form of shorthand which debaters use to keep track of all of the arguments in the round.

  8. The Impending Crisis of the South - Wikipedia

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    Even more perhaps than Uncle Tom's Cabin, it fed the fires of sectional controversy leading up to the Civil War; for it had the distinction of being the only book in American history to become the center of bitter and prolonged Congressional debate". [2]: 542 [note 1] In the Northern United States, it became "the book against slavery."

  9. National Forensic Association - Wikipedia

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    The National Forensic Association (NFA) is an American intercollegiate organization designed to promote excellence in individual events and debate.Founded in 1971, the NFA National Tournament is dedicated to a full range of literature interpretation, public address, limited preparation, and Lincoln-Douglas debate.