Sen. Henry Clay, known as "the Great Compromiser," brought about the Missouri Compromise of 1820. House of Representatives historian Robert Remini says Clay's feat resulted from his ability to ...

Harlow GIles Unger discussed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and Henry Clay's role in postponing the Civil War. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled ...

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Phineas Staunton paid homage to his subject, Henry Clay ... for creative compromise repeatedly drew the nation back from sectional crisis and possible dissolution. In 1820, Missouri's imminent ...

In 1820 the United States confronted ... Southerners of being in the pocket of the other side. Clay proceeded to engineer the Missouri Compromise: Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Harlow GIles Unger discussed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and Henry Clay's role in postponing the Civil War. The American Civil War was fought ...

With the House in the hands of Democrats and the Senate controlled by Republicans for the next two years, compromise will be essential to the passage of any legislation. But it won’t come easily.

It highlights key events such as the Missouri Compromise, the Wilmot Proviso, and the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to maintain a balance between North and South regarding slavery. The film also ...

Henry Clay was one of the most prominent ... between the North and South over the issue of slavery, Clay crafted the Missouri Compromise of 1821 and later the Great Compromise of 1850.

The last time the nation faced such a possible rupture, in 1820, then-Speaker Henry Clay (Ky.) helped craft the Missouri Compromise, which calmed sectional tensions and earned him the nicknames ...

For more than a year, parents at Henry Clay Elementary in Rolando ... But he is perhaps best known for spearheading the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Great Compromise of 1850, two ...