The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Took Place

question 21

Multiple Choice

The Lincoln-Douglas debates took place

• A)through a series of competing newspaper editorials.
• B)on radio, making it the first political broadcast in the United States.
• C)outside, in the cornfields and town squares of Illinois.
• D)in Madison Square Garden during the Republican Convention of 1860.

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Definitions:

Voltage Drop

The reduction in voltage as electric current flows through a conductor, due to the impedance or resistance of the material.

Series Circuit

An electrical circuit in which components are connected end-to-end, so the current flows through each component sequentially.

Electrically Neutral

A state where an object or system has no net electrical charge and is not influenced by external electric fields.

Positive Charge

An electrical condition resulting from a deficit of electrons on an atom or molecule, leading to a net positive electric charge.