The Maine, Missouri, Clay's, or Henry's compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
the Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1820
to avoid a civil war over the issue of slavery
Henry Clay (1777 - 1852), called the 'Great Pacificator' or 'Great Compromiser,' in remembrance of his efforts in the 1820 Missouri Compromise.
Henry Clay
connecticut compromise
In 1840 Illinois was a free state. It was only after a bill passed known as The Compromise of 1850 that cessation and Civil War were avoided. Those drafting the Compromise were Stephen Douglas and Henry Clay.
Henry Clay was the man who drafted a series of proposals that became known as the Compromise of 1850. The proposals reconciled competing northern and southern concerns over the expansion of slavery into Missouri and the western territories conquered from Mexico.