Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.” Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy? Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 (section 10.4), 11 (section 11.5), 13

Lesson
1 primary source that corresponds with your selected topic (noted in the topic instructions)

Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)

https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/preface

Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Read the following primary source:

Link (website): Of Debates in Congress (Clay’s Debate of the American System in 1832) (Links to an external site.) (Click on “Next Image” to see all pages of the debate: pp.258-262.)

Then, address the following:

-Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”
-Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?
-Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.