Question

Who was the senator from Kentucky who tried to save the Union by proposing a last-minute compromise?



a.

John Calhoun

c.

Henry Clay


b.

John Bell

d.

John Crittenden

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Henry Clay

Answer 3

A. John Crittnedehn

Answer 4

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Answer 5

on my test

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

After leaving Congress, Crittenden moved to Frankfort, the state capital, to attract more legal clients and be nearer the center of the state's political activity.[23] Among his clients after moving to Frankfort were former Presidents Madison and Monroe, future Vice-President Richard Mentor Johnson, and future governors James T. Morehead, John Breathitt, and Robert P. Letcher.[26] During this period, he collaborated with Henry Clay in defending Charles Wickliffe, son of Robert C. Wickliffe.[26] Wickliffe was charged with the murder of the editor of the Kentucky Gazette.[26] Crittenden argued that the slaying was self-defense, and Clay delivered a passionate closing argument.[26] The jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" only minutes after the case was submitted to them.[26]

In January 1820, Crittenden and John Rowan were chosen to help resolve Kentucky's boundary dispute with Tennessee. The boundary was supposed to run along the line at 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude, but when Dr. Thomas Walker surveyed it, he erroneously marked the line farther south. Crittenden and Rowan proposed either that the "Walker Line" remain the boundary from the Cumberland Mountains to the Tennessee River and Tennessee would compensate for the error west of the Tennessee River, or that the boundary be reset at 36 degrees, 30 minutes throughout. Tennessee's commissioners rejected both proposals, asking instead that the Walker Line be accepted east of the Tennessee River and a more southerly line west of it, with reciprocal agreements between the states to honor existing land grants. Crittenden was inclined to accept the offer, but Rowan was not. The Kentucky commissioners proposed that the matter be submitted to arbitration, but Tennessee refused. In a report to the General Assembly, Crittenden recommended that Kentucky accept the Tennessee proposal. The legislators were swayed by Crittenden's report, and the articles of agreement were signed on February 2, 1820.[27]

Crittenden was elected to the board of trustees for Transylvania University in 1823, possibly due to lobbying by Henry Clay.[28] A year later, the faculty of the university awarded him an honorary doctor of laws.[29] Crittenden also served as a trustee and attorney for the Kentucky Seminary in Frankfort.[29] Crittenden used his influence in support of Clay in the 1824 presidential election until Clay was eliminated from contention.[30] He then threw his support to Andrew Jackson until he learned that John Quincy Adams, if elected, would likely make Clay Secretary of State.[30] Critics termed Adams' alleged promise to Clay the "corrupt bargain", but it resulted in Adams' election.[30] Upon his appointment as Secretary of State, Clay was prepared to recommend Crittenden to replace him as chief counsel in Kentucky for the Second Bank of the United States, but the bank chose not to hire a replacement.[26]

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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Answer 11

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Answer 12

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Answer 13

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Answer 14

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Answer 15

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Answer 16

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Answer 18

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Answer 19

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