This man turned down the governorship of Oregon when the Taylor administration offered it. At the start of the Mexican-American war, he introduced the never debated Spot Resolutions and later establis
This man turned down the governorship of Oregon when the Taylor administration offered it. At the start of the Mexican-American war, he introduced the never debated Spot Resolutions and later established his anti- expansion views on slavery in his Cooper Union Speech. His opponent advocated the Freeport Doctrine in a series of debates taking place across Illinois. This politician would later suspend the writ of habeus corpus as president during the Civil War. For 10 points, name this president who freed the slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation.
This man turned down the governorship of Oregon when the Taylor administration offered it.
Abraham Lincoln