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Lincoln was elected Illinois Legislature.
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Lincoln returned to law practice.
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Lincoln returned to the political stage.
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Lincoln helped organize the Illinois branch of the new Republican party.
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Lincoln challenged the Democrat Stephen A. Douglas for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
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With the election even though Douglas won the debates made Abraham Lincoln famous.
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Lincoln expcted to bring about the eventual extinction of slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln preserved the Union during the civil War.
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Abraham Lincol followed by Marin Luther King Jr. and helped end segregation.
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Lincoln often expressed values to slavery in public and private.