... as an answer to both questions. The American system said that the national government should subsidize roads and canals, help the industry with protective tariffs, and keep a national bank that would exercise control over credit and currency. In 1816, these ideas were put into action. This system, a vision of Henry Clay, grew into the new vision for the United States. In 1819 ... , the first state out of the Louisiana Purchase, Missouri, applied for statehood in the union. The argument was over whether it should be admitted as a free state or a slave state ... ...

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