American system

[uh-mer-i-kuhn sis-tuhm]

noun

1. an economic system involving taxation on imports, the establishment of a national bank, and the improvement of national infrastructure.

2. a manufacturing process involving a high level of mechanization and the production of interchangeable parts.

Example Sentences

In its children’s video “Frederick Douglass: The Outspoken Abolitionist,” the fictionalized cartoon of Douglass warns children to “stay away from radicals” who want to change the American system rather than work within it.

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The civics test, prior to 1986, was informal, with immigration officers all over the country asking questions about the American system of government: Do we elect our president?

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It was up to the adjudicator to verify that the person had an understanding of the American system of government.

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Generally, over the years, it’s been a list of 100 questions which serve as a study guide for the naturalization applicant, and it is all questions that have to do with the American system of government.

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However grotesque this attempt to maintain power by any means necessary might be, partisan gerrymandering isn’t a new thing; it’s been part of the American system from the beginning.

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