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亨利‧克雷 (Henry
Clay) 去世了
1852年6月29日
想想你曾和朋友發生過的爭執。最後的結果是什麼？是你們其中一個人贏了，還是你們兩人坐下來談判而妥協？在他於1852年6月29日去世之前，亨利‧克雷最著名之處，就是能夠讓人們，甚至是國家之間進行協商與談判。
克雷於1777年出生在維吉尼亞州的一個農場。在1800年代早期，正當北方充滿緊張氣氛，而南方威脅要脫離聯邦之際，他曾經擔任過美國眾議員、參議員，以及國務卿。你知道他為什麼被稱為是「偉大的談判專家」嗎？
Think about a disagreement you have had with a friend. How did it turn out? Did one of you win, or were you both able to talk about what you wanted and come to a compromise? Before he died on June 29, 1852, Henry Clay was famous for getting people, and even entire states, to compromise.
Clay was born on a farm in Virginia in 1777. He became a U.S. representative, a senator, and the Secretary of State during the early 1800s, when tensions between the North and South threatened to split the Union. Can you think of what he did to earn the title "the Great Compromiser?"
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