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Compromise of 1850, in U.S. history, a series of measures proposed by the “great compromiser,” Sen. Henry Clay of Kentucky, and passed by the U.S. Congress in an effort to settle several outstanding slavery issues and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of the territory of California (December ...
14 de dez. de 2023 · Henry Clay High School is the oldest public high school in Lexington, Kentucky, opened on Main Street in 1928. It was named in honor of the Kentuckian…
Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was a leading American statesman and orator who represented Kentucky in both the House of Representatives and Senate.With his influential contemporaries Daniel Webster and John Calhoun, Clay, sought to consolidate and secure democratic representative government inherited from the founding generation.
Henry Clay (1777-1852) Text by Thomas Rush. He was one of the most partisan, hot-headed, and polarizing politicians of his day. Yet he was also a statesman possessing an unsurpassed ability for brokering differences, for finding the middle ground, for soothing and consoling opposing passions into compromise and reconciliation.
Henry Clay was appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams on March 7, 1825. Clay entered his duties on the same day and served until March 3, 1829. Famous as the “Great Pacificator” for his contributions to domestic policy, he emphasized economic development in his diplomacy. Henry Clay, Ninth Secretary of State.
17 de ago. de 2010 · Henry Clay: The Essential American. By David S. Heidler. Hardcover, 624 pages. Random House. List price: $30. Read An Excerpt. Clay believed that the slow abolition of slavery in Kentucky could ...
Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. (12 tháng 4 năm 1777 – 29 tháng 6 năm 1852) là một chính trị gia và tay biện thuyết nổi tiếng của Hoa Kỳ trong thế kỷ 19. Ông giữ chức Ngoại trưởng Hoa Kỳ từ năm 1829 đến năm 1852. Ông được cho là tay thương thuyết và hòa giải trứ danh, đem lại thế quân bình giữa các thế lực chính trị ...
