Henry Clay's American System
By: Cassidy Packer
What did Clay's plan purpose/involve?
His plan supplemented the Bank with protective tariffs that raised prices on imported goods in order to benefit native manufacturers. It authorized federal funding for internal improvement projects such as canals and turnpikes. It was a plan to strengthen and unify the nation. The American System was advanced by the Whig Party and a number of leading politicians.
Fun Facts!!!
"Harry of the West!"
That was Henry Clay's nickname in the 1824 election, and was one of the top four men running, but he was the first one eliminated to get to the top three.
Quote by him
“[Indians are] essentially inferior to the Anglo- Saxon race . . . and their disappearance from the human family will be no great loss to the world.”
1833
Clay was a true hero, hailed in Charleston and Boston for saving the country.
Who supported the plan and who was against it?
For the Plan: Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and John Quincy Adams.
Against the plan: Anyone who was a democrat, because his plan was a new form of federalism