How might the fact that the debate took place in Alton have affected the speakers and the audience?

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How might the fact that the debate took place in Alton have affected the speakers and the audience?

Not much really. Both candidates to the state Senate had previously debated, and people already were interested in what Stephen Douglass(Democratic Candidate) and Abraham Lincoln(Republican candidate) had to say.

According to newspaper reports, the debate in Alton, Illinois was the seventh debate and was held on October 15, 1858. It was a cloudy day in Alton, and approximately 5,000 people attended the debate

When Abraham Lincoln was competing for the Senate of the state of Illinois in 1858, he had a tough adversary, Democrat Stephen Douglass. These two candidates performed seven debates that are considered by scholars as one of the most interesting and deep for the type of arguments they debated. The most important issues of the debates were the issue of slavery in the country and the states' rights.

the growing interconnectedness of the world through communication, trade, and the exchange of ideas is an important theme in the history of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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the group i'm selecting: greeks.

a first group of greek immigrants came to the us in the 1850s. the second group came to america starting in the 1890s due to economic opportunities they didn't have back in their home caused by the hardships of ottoman rule. greek immigration was 90% male, many of them expected to work and return to greece after earning enough capital, but ultimately had to remain in the us after the greek genocide.