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 Compromise of 1877
C.
the Great Compromise
D.
the Three-fifths Compromise

Answer 1

A. the Compromise of 1850

Henry Clay, known as the "Great Compromiser," helped craft and broker the Compromise of 1850 (and earlier the Missouri Compromise of 1820) to ease sectional tensions between North and South.