As a result of his 1858 debates with stephen douglas, abraham lincoln select one: a. gained many new supporters outside of illinois. b. won election to the united states senate. c. came to be regarded by southerners as an antislavery fanatic. d. was appointed to the leadership of the republican party. e. was appointed to an open house seat by the republican governor of illinois.

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )