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Freeport Doctrine — The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas at the second of the Lincoln Douglas debates on August 27, 1858, in Freeport, Illinois. Lincoln tried to force Douglas to choose between the principle of popular sovereignty proposed by… … Wikipedia
Freeport — is the name of several localities.In the United States: *Freeport, California *Freeport, Florida *Freeport, Illinois *Freeport, Kansas *Freeport, Maine *Freeport, Michigan *Freeport, Minnesota *Freeport, New York *Freeport, Ohio *Freeport,… … Wikipedia
Freeport, Illinois — Geobox|Settlement name = Freeport native name = other name = Winneshiek other name note [http://genealogytrails.com/ill/stephenson/historystephenson.html History of Stephenson County] Retrieved on August 18, 2007] category = City etymology =… … Wikipedia
Freeport — /free pawrt , pohrt /, n. 1. a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York. 38,272. 2. a city in NW Illinois. 26,406. 3. a city in SE Texas. 13,444. * * * ▪ Illinois, United States city, seat (1838) of Stephenson county, northwestern Illinois … Universalium
Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 — [ thumb|right|200px|Daguerreotype of Lincoln c. 1846] The Lincoln Douglas debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, and the incumbent Stephen A. Douglas, a Democrat, for an Illinois seat in… … Wikipedia
Origins of the American Civil War — For events following South Carolina s declaration of secession from the Union, see Battle of Fort Sumter and American Civil War. The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first stage in a conflict that had been brewing for decades. The main explanation… … Wikipedia
Lincoln-Douglas Debates — Series of seven debates between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Sen. Stephen A. Douglas in the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign. They focused on slavery and its extension into the western territories. Lincoln criticized… … Universalium
Stephen A. Douglas — Infobox Senator name=Stephen Douglas width= 200px office=Senator from Illinois (Class 2) state= Illinois party= Democratic term start=March 4 1847 term end=June 3 1861 preceded=James Semple succeeded=Orville H. Browning party election2 = Northern … Wikipedia
American Civil War — American Civil War … Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln … Wikipedia
Dred Scott v. Sandford — Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 11–14, 1856 Reargued December 15 … Wikipedia
