Statements (51)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:political_debates
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gptkbp:aftermath |
Douglas remained influential in the Senate
Lincoln became a national figure |
gptkbp:demographics |
thousands
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gptkbp:douglas's_famous_quote |
The Union must be preserved.
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gptkbp:douglas's_position |
supported popular sovereignty
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gptkbp:duration |
3 hours
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gptkbp:first_debate_location |
gptkb:Ottawa,_Illinois
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gptkbp:format |
public debates
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gptkbp:historical_analysis |
debates highlighted sectional tensions
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gptkbp:historical_context |
pre-Civil War America
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gptkbp:historical_debate |
model for future political debates
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
pivotal in the 1860 presidential election
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Lincoln-Douglas debates
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gptkbp:impact |
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Republican_Party |
gptkbp:influenced |
American political discourse
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gptkbp:is_debated_in |
gptkb:7
question-and-answer rebuttal transcripts exist opening statement letters and diaries exist archives exist books exist closing statement documentaries exist historical accounts exist historical societies preserve records lectures exist newspaper articles exist no clear winner online resources exist scholarly articles exist |
gptkbp:is_focused_on |
slavery
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gptkbp:last_debate_location |
gptkb:Alton,_Illinois
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gptkbp:lincoln's_famous_quote |
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
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gptkbp:lincoln's_position |
opposed the expansion of slavery
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gptkbp:lincoln's_strategy |
moral arguments against slavery
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Illinois
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gptkbp:media_coverage |
extensive
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gptkbp:nickname |
legal arguments for popular sovereignty
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gptkbp:occurs_in |
gptkb:1858_Illinois_Senate_race
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gptkbp:participants |
gptkb:Stephen_A._Douglas
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln |
gptkbp:public_interest |
high
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gptkbp:research_interest |
extensive
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gptkbp:resulted_in |
Lincoln's national prominence
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gptkbp:takes_place_in |
1858
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
3
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