The American System, Transportation, and Communication

Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication Read the following primary source: • Link (website): Of Debates in Congress (Clay's Debate of the American System in 1832) (Links to an external site.) (Click on "Next Image" to see all pages of the debate: pp.258-262.) Then, address the following: • Describe the idea of Henry Clay's "American System." • Based on Clay's economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy? • Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System. Option 2: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 Read the following primary source: • Link (website): Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress 'On Indian Removal' (1830) (Links to an external site.) Then, address the following: • Evaluate the rationale that President Jackson used in the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River. Did the removal have the intended impact? • Identify the responsibilities given to the President under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. • Compare Jackson's actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural