Question

the second part of the plan would benefit the west. improved transportation, the national road and the erie canal. if there were more roads and canals then northern factories would send their goods down the ohio and mississippi rivers to sell. this would mean jobs for people in western states like ohio, kentucky, illinois and others. with more jobs, more people would move to those states and they would become more powerful.
all these roads and canals would not be cheap to build and the previous president, james madison, had ended alexander hamiltons first national bank, so the nation did not have a way to pay for the transportation. so president james monroe called for the creation of a \second national bank\ of the united states in 1816 to help pay for the construction of the roads and canals. it also helps because it creates a common currency that people can use to trade in different parts of the united states.
reading questions

1. who was henry clay?
2. what regions of the united states did the american system help?
3. what are the three parts of the american system?
4. what was his plan to increase the number of factories?
5. what did he do to make european goods seem more expensive?
6. what was the goal of the tariffs?
7. what are the two most important rivers in america?
8. how did roads and canals help kentucky?
9. why did they create a \second bank of the united states\?

Explanation:

These are historical - based reading questions about the American System, figures like Henry Clay, and related economic and infrastructure - building policies in the United States. Information would need to be gathered from the associated reading passage to answer them accurately.

Answer:

1. Information about Henry Clay would be found in the reading passage.
2. Information about the regions helped by the American System would be in the reading passage.
3. Information about the three parts of the American System would be in the reading passage.
4. Information about the plan to increase the number of factories would be in the reading passage.
5. Information about making European goods seem more expensive would be in the reading passage.
6. Information about the goal of the tariffs would be in the reading passage.
7. Information about the two most important rivers in America would be in the reading passage.
8. Information about how roads and canals helped Kentucky would be in the reading passage.
9. Information about why the Second Bank of the United States was created would be in the reading passage.