Scroll through this scholarly site from the National Humanities Institute to find information about the Whigs' role in the Compromise of 1850 and the end of its political clout by the election of 1852.

Concepts

henry clay

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Additional Tags

political divisions, sectionalism, compromise of 1850, american whig party, daniel webster, whig party, end of whig party

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