In the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, What View Did Stephen Douglas Take

question 60

Multiple Choice

In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what view did Stephen Douglas take?

• A) If each state, slave or free, worried only about its own status, then there should be harmony.
• B) Douglas believed that the national government should have the final say on whether a state was slave or free.
• C) If slavery could be extended to the Pacific, then manifest destiny could be achieved.
• D) Douglas stated slavery was wrong but should not be abolished.

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