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

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    Resolve to win—period—because that is the American system. You take either side—it doesn’t even matter which one—and you go on the attack.
    Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)