Clay's proposal was based on the belief that a protective tariff that helped industry would eventually help every section of the country. The factories protected by the tariff would run at a profit and employ the urban population.
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Henry Clay hoped that his American System would aid American businesses, encourage people to buy American products and enable the United States to become independent of Europe. The system included tariffs that would make European goods more expensive, thus encouraging people to buy American made products. Next, was the establishment of a national bank to make a single currency that would make trade easier. The system also included a plan to make the road and canals more navigable to improve the marketing of products.
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It would charge high tariffs to pay for infrastructure to help economic development
Improved roads and canals would allow goods to move more easily to and from the west.
To change the education system for her school, so that everyone would be treated equally. Also, so that one day, there would not be any more segregation laws anywhere in the world.