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Internal improvements was the preferred term, as used by proponents of the American System of economics such as James Monroe and DeWitt Clinton, for discussion of government-supported infrastructure or public works. The term was used in connection with such projects as the Erie Canal, the Cumberland Road, and the Transcontinental Railroad.