freeport doctrine
1Freeport 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… …
2Freeport — 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,… …
3Freeport, 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 =… …
4Freeport — /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 …
5Lincoln-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… …
6Origins 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… …
7Lincoln-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… …
8Stephen 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 …
9American Civil War — American Civil War …
10Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln …
