In 1858,in Response to Abraham Lincoln's Assertions About Slavery in the Territories,Stephen

Multiple Choice

In 1858,in response to Abraham Lincoln's assertions about slavery in the territories,Stephen Douglas

A) stole Lincoln's thunder by advocating a plan for gradual emancipation with compensation for former slaveholders.
B) emphasized colonization of freed slaves as the only practical solution to the problem of slavery.
C) declared,"This government was made by our fathers,by white men for the benefit of white men."
D) asserted that settlers could exclude slavery from a territory by not adopting local legislation to protect it.