Agriculture
How did better infrastructure such as roads benefit farmers?
It allowed them to move goods to markets easier and faster.
In what year was the tariff declared “null and void” by South Carolina?
1832
What did Henry Clay hope the federal government would do?
Create a market driven economy to help unify the nations regions.
What state did Henry Clay represent in both the Senate and House of Representatives?
Kentucky
What Preside of The United States called the Second National Bank the “Monster Bank”.
Andrew Jackson
What were the 3 types of transportation used during the transportation revolution?
Roads, Canals, and Railroads.
How did the tariff benefit the North?
By making it more expensive to import foreign manufactured goods
Who won the Bank War?
Andrew Jackson
What political party did Henry Clay lead?
The Whig Party
What year was Henry Clay born?
1777
How did Steamboats and Railroads effect American Agriculture?
They provided a way of transportation for people and farmer's goods.
What trade was connected by the Eerie Canal?
Connected east coast trade with mid-western farmers.
What year did James Madison sign a 20 year charter for the Second Bank of America?
1816
What kind of economy did Henry Clay want the Federal Government to create?
A market driven economy.
Who was Clay’s stepfather?
Henry Watkins
How did the West and North work together to create a healthy economy?
The west sent it's raw materials to the North to make a national market.
What trade route was highly important for the north?
Cumberland road
The US bank would establish sovereign credit which would allow citizens to borrow from the __________ instead of from the private banking system.
National government
What was Clay's view on the south and how they should view the Tariff?
He thought the south should support it because the south currently wasn't, and he wanted to strengthen the relationship between the North's industry and the South's raw materials.
Clay wanted to change Kentucky’s capital from Frankfort to __________.
Lexington
Clay hoped that by stimulating the nations infant industries would cause a demand for ___________.
The West’s raw materials
Britain
What was the imported goods tariff supposed to go towards?
Federal funding for transports in the form of roadways.
What were the three main parts of Henry Clay's American System, and what was the main goal of it?
The three main parts were protective tariffs, a national bank, and international improvements. The main goal was to foster economic growth and independence.
What was Henry Clays American system based off of?
Alexander Hamiltons “American school”