Henry Clay/Related Articles

See also changes related to Henry Clay, or pages that link to Henry Clay or to this page or whose text contains "Henry Clay".

---

Parent topics

• Whig Party [r]: Party of the Second Party System, 1830 to mid-1850s, formed by Henry Clay to battle President Andrew Jackson's policies. ^[e]
• Second Party System [r]: Term used by historians and political scientists referring to the United States' political system from about 1828 to 1854. ^[e]
• American Civil War [r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. ^[e]
• Democratic-Republican Party [r]: A United States political party during the First Party System, 1792-1820s, founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Compromise of 1850 [r]: In U.S. history a series of laws intending to resolve pro-slavery/anti-slavery issues but yielded only greater conflict leading, eventually, to the American Civil War. ^[e]
• War of 1812 [r]: (1812-1815) war between U.S. and Great Britain (during its Napoleonic Wars) over maritime rights, in which ~15,000 Americans and ~8600 British and Canadians lost their lives; the war was essentially a draw. ^[e]