Tranh lu\u1eadn t\u1ed5ng th\u1ed1ng M\u1ef9 c\u00f3 ngu\u1ed3n g\u1ed1c t\u1eeb 7 cu\u1ed9c tranh lu\u1eadn gi\u1eefa Abraham Lincoln v\u00e0 Stephen Douglas khi tranh c\u1eed gh\u1ebf th\u01b0\u1ee3ng ngh\u1ecb s\u0129 Illinois n\u0103m 1858. Nguy\u00ean nh\u00e2n d\u1eabn \u0111\u1ebfn tranh lu\u1eadn l\u00e0 Lincoln \u0111\u00e3 “theo ch\u00e2n” Douglas tr\u00ean h\u00e0nh tr\u00ecnh v\u1eadn \u0111\u1ed9ng quanh bang. C\u1ee9 v\u00e0i ng\u00e0y sau khi Douglas c\u00f3 b\u00e0i ph\u00e1t bi\u1ec3u t\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t \u0111\u1ecba \u0111i\u1ec3m nh\u1ea5t \u0111\u1ecbnh, Lincoln c\u0169ng s\u1ebd l\u00e0m v\u1eady. Douglas cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng \u0111\u1ed3ng \u00fd \u0111\u1ee9ng chung s\u00e2n kh\u1ea5u v\u1edbi Lincoln \u0111\u1ec3 tranh lu\u1eadn 7 l\u1ea7n, m\u1ed7i l\u1ea7n trong ba gi\u1edd v\u1ec1 c\u00e1c v\u1ea5n \u0111\u1ec1 \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c v\u00e0 kinh t\u1ebf xoay quanh ch\u1ebf \u0111\u1ed9 n\u00f4 l\u1ec7.<\/p>\n
Cu\u1ed1i c\u00f9ng, Lincoln kh\u00f4ng chi\u1ebfn th\u1eafng. Tuy nhi\u00ean, nh\u1eefng l\u1eddi tranh lu\u1eadn c\u1ee7a \u00f4ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c chia s\u1ebb tr\u00ean kh\u1eafp c\u1ea3 n\u01b0\u1edbc v\u00e0 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh b\u00e0n \u0111\u1ea1p \u0111\u01b0a Lincoln v\u00e0o Nh\u00e0 Tr\u1eafng hai n\u0103m sau \u0111\u00f3.<\/p>\n