The 'American System' proposed by Henry Clay was designed to achieve which of the following?
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Correct answer: Economic self-sufficiency through protective tariffs and internal improvements
Clay's American System sought to unify the nation's economy through a high protective tariff, a national bank, and federal funding for roads and canals. He argued these measures would create a self-sustaining domestic market between the industrial North and agricultural West/South.
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