... to provide federal money for roads, canals, and other internal improvements had a harder time getting approval. Congress agreed to complete the National Road, but President Madison and his republican successor, James Monroe, both refused to support further internal improvements without a constitutional amendment. But ultimately the American System did help states to provide direct funding, bond issues, and corporate charters that gave ... the turnpike, canal and railroad companies the privileges and immunities that made them attractive to private investors ( Murrin, 324-326). In the ele...

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