What was the purpose of henry clay’s american system?

The American System was an American mercantilist economic plan based on the ideas of the American School of Alexander Hamilton, developed later by Friedrich List and presented by Henry Clay in 1824, which proposed high tariffs to support public works (such as road construction), a national bank to promote productive companies, and create a national currency. It was assumed that this program would allow the United States to grow and prosper by providing defense against dumping of cheaper foreign products, mainly from the British Empire.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.