What was the purpose of the american system?

a) to strengthen the power of the federal government and to dissolve the three regions and encourage nationalism

b) to strengthen the economy of each region while ensuring that the federal government would remain strong

c) to strengthen the western economy and ensure that the northeast maintained control of the federal government

d) to ensure the rights of slave owners in the south to buy and sell slave throughout the nation

The correct answer is B: to strengthen the economy of each region while ensuring that the federal government would remain strong.

Explanation:

The American System was an economic plan based on the financial ideas of Alexander Hamilton, supported by Henry Clay.

The plan had three mutually reinforced parts, based on a new national bank, taxing foreign goods and creating a subsidized infrastructure of new roads and canals. Therefore, this system tried to strengthen the American economy by protecting manufacturing with a protective tariff, the Second Bank of the United States provided a strong currency and by giving a bigger role to the federal government (e.g. with federally funded internal improvements as roads and canals).

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i also think he is correct. i believe they came to washington to protest their rights.