Henry Clay s American System attempted to protect American

Last updated: 10/6/2023

Henry Clay s American System attempted to protect American businesses from foreign competition and to increase trade within the United States through all of the followin measures EXCEPT by improving the nation s infrastructure through the construction of new systems of roads by offering tax incentives to businesses and individuals that refused to purchase foreign products by establishing a tariff on imported goods to make them more expensive than American made products by promoting the use of a single currency through the establishment of a national bank