American Document Series: Lincoln Douglas Debates: The House Divides

American Document Series: Lincoln Douglas Debates: The House Divides

SKU: 32887

$43.67

20 Minutes - Color

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Newspaper reports of the events leading up to and following the Lincoln-Douglas debates bring life to the underlying issues of the times—and the strong emotional current that precipitated Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency just two years later. Although the question of slave or free states is at the forefront of the debates, the real issue of the day is easily evident: Who will decide any issue, the Federal government or the individual state? An LCA release.

CINE

25 minutes | Color

Newspaper reports of the events leading up to and following the Lincoln-Douglas debates bring life to the underlying issues of the times—and the strong emotional current that precipitated Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency just two years later. Although the question of slave or free states is at the forefront of the debates, the real issue of the day is easily evident: Who will decide any issue, the Federal government or the individual state? An LCA release.

CINE

25 minutes | Color