The main reason Democrats opposed the American System was because they believed it benefited only certain regions in the nation.
gave the government too large a role in the economy.
forced small local banks to take unnecessary risks.
made American goods more expensive than imports.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”

it broke up the ottoman empire (just a small fact) and the turkish leaders lost many soldiers.