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"As [political leader Henry] Clay envisioned it [in the1820s], the American System constituted the... basis forsocial improvement.... Through sale of its enormous landholdings, the federal government could well afford tosubsidize internal improvements. By levying protectivetariffs, the government should foster the development ofAmerican manufacturing and agricultural enterprisesthat, in their infancy, might not be able to withstandforeign competition. The promotion of industry wouldcreate a home market for agricultural commodities, justas farms provided a market for manufactured products."Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay's ideas?

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