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Lincoln-Douglas Debates

How We Became America: The Untold Story

The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858 were some of the most controversial in US history. Having deepened the divide between North and South – they helped bring the nation to war. (Runtime 2:35)

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Abraham Lincoln, Presidents, Civil War Leaders
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