"A. Anticommunist laws were passed" and "<span>D. Some government workers were forced to take loyalty oaths" are true. There was large-scale surveillance done of people suspected </span>of being Soviets.
Lincoln was supporting Wilmot Proviso, which was a failed attempt to ban slavery.
When Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met in a series of seven debates as they ran for Illinois Senate seat, they heatedly debated a critical issue that day, slavery.
Debates raised Lincoln's profile, helping to encourage him to run for president two years later.
However, Douglas will actually win the 1858 Senate election.
