The correct answer is A) crafting compromises.
Henry Clay actually earned the nickname "Great Compromiser" due to his efforts in helping Congress avoid all out war during the 19th century. His first compromise that gained national recognition was the Missouri Compromise. This compromise would be used for roughly 4 decades when determining whether or not a new territory added to the US would have slavery.
His next big compromise was the Compromise of 1850. This helped to settle the controversy over what would happen in terms of slavery in the new territories acquired by the United States after the Mexican-American War.
<span>Without amendments, we are stuck with what some guys thought would be nice over 200 years ago. A few things we took out of the constitution by amendment: Slaves count as 3/5 of a person. The incoming president must wait five months after being elected to take office. Electoral college for senators (now--can we get rid of it for presidents?) We also filled in holes that were evident in the constitution, and clarified more rights that people have. The Bill of Rights is all amendments--they wanted a working government first before they decided what limits to put on it. Women were allowed to vote. Someone figured out that if a president becomes sick but doesn't die, the government is in limbo, because the VP couldn't just do the President's job until an amendment was passed saying how it would be determined the Pres was too sick to do his job. Allowing amendments allows mistakes made by the writers of the constitution to be corrected, and for changes they didn't for see to be allowable.</span>
Answer: Japanese air-raid on Pearl Harbor (Japanese did not declare war to the U.S.A, so it was absolutely unexpected). December 1941.
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