Who are these people?

• Steven J. Santarsiero• Scott A. Petri

Lincoln

• Little was known about Lincoln in the early 1800’s

• Illinois State Representative (10 years)• U.S. Representative for Illinois (10 years)• 1858 – Runs for U.S. Senate• 1860 – Runs for United States President

Describe a modern-day election debate.

• Illinois lawyer• Not a recognized

national political figure until the 1858 senatorial debates

• Believed slavery was morally wrong

• The spread of slavery must be stopped, but would not force states where slavery already existed to end the practice

•Incumbent Illinois Senator (1847)•Felt slavery was morally wrong, but that it was up to the people of each territory to decide (popular sovereignty)

Who delivers the knock-out punch?

• “House Divided” speech– The Union can not

continue to exist as it is – half slave and half free

– However, he believed the Union as a whole would persist, but it would have to be all slave or all free

• Supported the K-N Act to appease the South– Douglas wanted a

transcontinental railroad through the area of KS and NE

Who delivers the knock-out punch?Even Lincoln's friends believed the

speech was too radical for the occasion. His law partner, William H. Herndon, thought that Lincoln was morally courageous but politically

incorrect. Herndon said Lincoln told him he was looking for a universally known figure of speech that would

rouse people to the peril of the times.

Would these two meet again?

• Republican candidate in 1860 Presidential election

• Democratic candidate (1of 2) in 1860 Presidential election