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.

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?

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