Henry Clay helped to pass the Compromise Tariff of 1833 as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. The compromise gradually reduced taxed on imports for the southerners. This compromise kept South Carolina from seceding from the Union.
By engineering the Compromise of 1850.
But this didn't save the Union for long. The toughening-up of the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act infuriated the increasingly powerful Abolionist movement, and generally raised the temperature of the debate.
Henry Clay, along with John C. Calhoun, proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833 in resolve the Nullification Crisis. This was intended to prevent South Carolina's initial threat of succession.
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Some people favored Henry Clay's proposed compromise while others said that we should just let slave states secede from the Union.
tax on man. goods from north
Henry Clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850 was to keep the Union together.
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The Tariff of 1828, I should know; I'm related to him
Henry clay compromised kept South Carolina in the union
Henry Clay
Henry clay compromised kept South Carolina in the union
Henry clay compromised kept south Carolina in the union
Henry Clay
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, along with John C. Calhoun, proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833 in resolve the Nullification Crisis. This was intended to prevent South Carolina's initial threat of succession.