The correct answer is D) Each one could represent the point of view of a different region of the country.
Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster have been effective at keeping the Union together in that each one could represent the point of view of a different region of the country.
There have always been men that have notorious influence in the politics of the United States. After the War of 1812, these three congressmen -Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster- had so much influence on Congress that they were called "The Great Triumvirate." They helped to give birth to the Compromise of 1850, they created alternative temporary solutions to the issue of slavery in the country and found ways to avoid or delay the beginning of the Civil War.
