Question

Place each phrase or quote in the correct box.
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Options
opposed states’ rights arguments about slavery
supported states’ rights arguments about slavery
“Now, I believe if we could arrest the spread, . . . it would be in the course of ultimate extinction . . .”
helped develop the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
thought slavery would eventually be outlawed if it was not allowed to spread
“I held then, and hold now, that if the people of Kansas want a slave State, it is their right to make one . . . .”
believed slavery was immoral
won the election for Illinois senator in 1858

Answer 1

Here are the phrases or quotes placed in the correct boxes for Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas:

**Abraham Lincoln**
- opposed states’ rights arguments about slavery
- thought slavery would eventually be outlawed if it was not allowed to spread
- believed slavery was immoral
- “Now, I believe if we could arrest the spread, . . . it would be in the course of ultimate extinction . . .”

**Stephen Douglas**
- supported states’ rights arguments about slavery
- helped develop the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
- “I held then, and hold now, that if the people of Kansas want a slave State, it is their right to make one . . . .”
- won the election for Illinois senator in 1858