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.

Randy 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.) https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llrd&fileName=011/llrd011.db&recNum=132 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.