-Key figures from these debates are Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas
-These debates, even though Lincoln lost election, gave him recognition and guided his way to heading the presidential ticket for the Republicans in 1860 and winning the presidency.
-This comes into history during the pre-civil war while compromise was still being attempted such as in the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
-These debates are what got Lincoln recognized and later voted for. They pushed him into presidential office causing the South to secede based on his party's politics. As is well known the Southern secession is what caused the beginning of the civil war.
-These debates, even though Lincoln lost election, gave him recognition and guided his way to heading the presidential ticket for the Republicans in 1860 and winning the presidency.
-This comes into history during the pre-civil war while compromise was still being attempted such as in the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
-These debates are what got Lincoln recognized and later voted for. They pushed him into presidential office causing the South to secede based on his party's politics. As is well known the Southern secession is what caused the beginning of the civil war.