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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