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This 11-page paper explores the U.S. antibellum economy (between the late 18th century and mid 19th century) through Henry Clay and the American System, written by Maurice Baxter; and Internal Improvement: National Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States, written by John Lauritz Larson. The paper examines the theories of the two authors, and their validity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Public Works and the Promise of Popular Government in the Early United States, written by John Lauritz Larson. While Baxters treatise deals primarily with a specific politician and the Larson
book covers government in general, both discuss government involvement in what came to be the so-called "antebellum economy," one in which the U.S. was making the shift from a primarily
agrarian economy to one that was industrial. The argument of how far government should go in terms of protection of the people
is an old one. While most people have the image of the early America as a cooperative one in which the government was looking out for its people, the early
conflicts between the Federalists (who pushed for government involvement in a lot of things) and those who wanted to see less government interference, were fierce. In this paper, well examine
some of these arguments, and determine how Larson and Baxter focused on them for their theories. Introduction to Historical Events What is
interesting in the regard of the early U.S. and its economy, is that it was very divided. During the antebellum period (which encompassed roughly the period of the early 1800s
until the outbreak of the War Between the States during the middle of the century), the country almost seemed to be two polar opposites. South of the Mason-Dixon line is
what some historians classified as a "capitalist agrarian" economy, in which an almost feudal, elitist system held sway (Summers). At the top of this system were plantation holders and slave
holders who owned millions upon millions of acres of land, as well as the slaves who maintained the land (Summers). The socials system of the south, in fact, was divided
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