What was the most important goal of the american system? to start growing cash crops in the south to lower taxes on imported goods to promote american industry to abolish river transportation

The correct answer is to promote American industry.

The American System, developed by Henry Clay, had three main points that were all focused on helping the growth of American industry.

1) Increase tariffs- Tariffs are taxes on imported goods. This would increase the cost of goods from European countries. The increased cost of these goods would make American citizens more likely to buy American made goods.

2) Development of a National Bank- This National bank would help to foster commerce in the US through loans and subsidies.

3) Money for internal improvements- This would include the expansion of railroads, canals, etc.

in the united states, the president is controlled by the

constitution, and in all respects subordinate to it. insofar

as it deals with presidential power, however, the american

constitution has proved to be a highly malleable document.

with very few exceptions,' the constitutional provisions relating to the president have not been changed at all since

they were ratified in 1787. but in the late twentieth century, those provisions do not mean what they meant in

1787. the constitution is a legal document, and it is enforced judicially; but its meaning was hardly fixed when it

was ratified. in particular, the contemporary president has

far broader powers than the original constitution contemplated. it is remarkable but true that large-scale changes in

the authority of the president have been brought about

without changes in the constitutional text, but nevertheless

without significant illegality.

this is a paradox. is it not clear that constitutional

changes, if not textual, are illegal? the paradox has considerable relevance to our current thinking about the presidency in particular and about constitutionalism in general.

perhaps the framers of the american constitution feared

legislative power most of all; 2 but from well-known events

in the twentieth century, it is possible to conclude that it is

presidential power that holds out the greatest risks to both

liberty and democracy. the president is by far the most visible leader in the nation; he is often the only person in government with a national constituency. moreover, he is