SAT阅读材料:The Maysville Road veto
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Maysville">Maysville</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="veto">veto</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="May">May</span> 27, 1830 <span word="when">when</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Andrew">Andrew</span> <span word="Jackson">Jackson</span> <span word="vetoed">vetoed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="allow">allow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span> <span word="stock">stock</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Maysville">Maysville</span>, <span word="Washington">Washington</span>, <span word="Paris">Paris</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lexington">Lexington</span> <span word="Turnpike">Turnpike</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="Company">Company</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="construct">construct</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="linking">linking</span> <span word="Lexington">Lexington</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ohio">Ohio</span> <span word="River">River</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entirety">entirety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kentucky">Kentucky</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="advocates">advocates</span> <span word="regarded">regarded</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="Cumberland">Cumberland</span> <span word="Road">Road</span> <span word="system">system</span>. <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1830 <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="funds">funds</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span>. <span word="Jackson">Jackson</span> <span word="vetoed">vetoed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bill">bill</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grounds">grounds</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intrastate">intrastate</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unconstitutional">unconstitutional</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="bills">bills</span> <span word="violated">violated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="principle">principle</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="shouldnt">shouldnt</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="affair">affair</span>. <span word="Jackson">Jackson</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="pointed">pointed</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="kinds">kinds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="projects">projects</span> <span word="interfered">interfered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paying">paying</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="debt">debt</span>.</p><p> <span word="Proponents">Proponents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="improvements">improvements</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bridges">bridges</span>, <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="obligation">obligation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="harmonize">harmonize</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="diverse">diverse</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="conflicting">conflicting</span>, <span word="sectional">sectional</span> <span word="interests">interests</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="System">System</span>. <span word="Jacksons">Jacksons</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="influenced">influenced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Martin">Martin</span> <span word="Van">Van</span> <span word="Buren">Buren</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="described">described</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="motives">motives</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="veto">veto</span> <span word="decision">decision</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="personal">personal</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="political">political</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="veto">veto</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="attributed">attributed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="grudge">grudge</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="Clay">Clay</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="monopoly">monopoly</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Erie">Erie</span> <span word="Canal">Canal</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Van">Van</span> <span word="Buren">Buren</span>.</p><p> <span word="Debate">Debate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span></p>
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