Step 2: Respond to Questions. 1: Analyze the excerpt from Lincoln’s speech by answering the following questions in one paragraph:

What is Lincoln’s point of view regarding the future of the country?
Which statement from the excerpt shows his point of view?
Explain how the selected quote shows Lincoln’s point of view.
What is an historical idea or event that supports Lincoln’s point of view?

2: Analyze the excerpt from Douglas’s speech by answering the following questions in one paragraph:

What is Douglas’s point of view regarding the Constitution?
Which statement from the excerpt shows his point of view?
Explain how the selected quote shows Douglas’s point of view.
What is an historical idea or event that supports Douglas’s point of view?