Which domestic policy is associated with John Quincy Adams during his political career?

• A. American System
• B. Spoils System
• C. Monroe Doctrine
• D. Nullification Doctrine

Answer: (A)

The main idea tested is which domestic policy John Quincy Adams championed. Adams was a proponent of the American System, a comprehensive plan to strengthen the U.S. economy from within. This approach called for protective tariffs to encourage American industry, a national bank to stabilize currency and credit, and federal funding for internal improvements like roads and canals to knit the country together. Adams believed the federal government should actively support infrastructure and industry to promote growth and national unity, even though such proposals faced political opposition at the time.

Other options don’t fit as Adams’s domestic agenda. The Spoils System refers to rewarding political supporters with government jobs, a practice more associated with Jacksonian politics than with Adams’s program. The Monroe Doctrine is a foreign policy declaration aimed at preventing European interference in the Americas, not a domestic economic policy. The Nullification Doctrine centers on states’ rights and opposition to federal tariffs during the Jackson era, not Adams’s domestic program.