Read this passage from a lesson about Abraham Lincoln. What is a logical inference you can make from this paragraph?

The first debate (between Lincoln and Douglas, both running for the U. S. Senate) took place in Ottawa, Illinois, on August 21. Over the course of the seven debates, the two candidates honed their messages and traded shots. Lincoln criticized Douglas’s indifference to the expansion of slavery, while also warning that events such as the Dred Scott decision threatened to lead to the spread of slavery across the country, undercutting the Constitution and the egalitarian foundation of the republic. Douglas defended the idea of popular sovereignty while also accusing Lincoln of being in league with extreme abolitionists and an advocate of complete racial equality. Though the debates were well publicized and discussed around the nation, a vote of the state legislature elected Douglas over Lincoln on November 2, 1858.

Lincoln was in favor of popular sovereignty and against the federal government.

Douglas won the debates.

U. S. Senators were not elected by the people, but by the state legislatures.

Douglas argued against expanding slavery in the debates.

Third Option: U.S. Senators were not elected by the people, but by the state legislatures.

Explanation:

It is the only statement which is supported by the given text. The last sentence of the text, "Though the debates were well publicized and discussed around the, a vote of the state legislature elected Douglas over Lincoln" supports this inference. Hence, it is a logical inference.

First option is incorrect as it is opposite of what is stated in the text, i.e "Douglas defended the idea of popular sovereignty"

Second option is incorrect because, nowhere in the text is this statement supported. The election of Douglas over Lincoln was not necessarily based wholly on winning the debates.

Fourth option is incorrect because, according to the text, he (Douglas) was criticized for being indifferent to expanding slavery.

to gain popularity at school, fitzgerald wrote plays for the school and cast himself as the star. he also joined one of the universitys most prestigious clubs.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).