American System

The term American System can mean one of the following:

  • American system of manufacturing, for a system of manufacturing developed in America.
  • American System (economic plan), for the program of Henry Clay and the Whig Party.
  • American School (economics), for the Hamiltonian American School of which the American System (economic plan) is a part.
  • United States customary units, a system of measurement used in the United States

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or system:

    “I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union.... I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.”
    —Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)