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Stephen Douglas is Born
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Stephen Douglas
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Douglas Enrolls at Canandaigua Academy
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Douglas Becomes a Member of the Illinois State Legislature
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Douglas is Elected to Congress
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Douglas Joins the U.S. Senate
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Douglas and Clay Draft the Compromise of 1850
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Douglas Attempts to Run for Presidency
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Lincoln Loses First of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates on Slavery
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Lincoln Declares Slavery a Moral Wrong in the Sixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate
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The Slave Debate Comes to a Head at the Seventh and Final Lincoln-Douglas Debate
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Abraham Lincoln Elected 16th President of the United States
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Douglas Dies from Typhoid Fever