What were the key issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
Douglas was handsome and Lincoln was ugly.
The key issue they debated upon was that Douglas was pro-slavery and Lincoln was anti-slavery.
Whether or not to abolish slavery.
Who would win the election.
Lincoln did not want to see slavery expand. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty.

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During the 1858 senatorial campaign in Illinois, there was a series of 7 debates between the Republican Lincoln and the Democrat Douglas. They were mainly about the extension of slavery into the territories.

Question: What were the key issues in the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Answer: Lincoln did not want to see slavery expand. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty.