Lincoln-Douglas Debates Vocabulary

Read the section on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 from your textbook.

Define the terms from the list below.*

1. Missouri Compromise
2. Kansas-Nebraska Act
3. Compromise of 1850
4. Fugitive Slave Law
5. Popular sovereignty
6. Lecompton Constitution

Compose 2 questions that you have regarding these debates that your textbook could not answer.

Include your definitions and questions in your comment to this post.

*Make sure to use your own words and cite your answers.

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