Question

Kentucky politician Henry Clay became known as the "Great Pacificator" because of his ability to negotiate compromises in Congress. Clay played an important role in which of the following compromises?
A.
the Compromise of 1850
B.
the Three-fifths Compromise
C.
the Great Compromise
D.
the Compromise of 1877

Answer 1

A. the Compromise of 1850

Henry Clay, the "Great Pacificator," was a key broker of the Compromise of 1850 (as well as earlier the Missouri Compromise), working to ease sectional tensions between North and South.