The issue of building roads and canals could be said to boil down to "Federalism" issue.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The American federalism in the antebellum period contributed to both a greater national position in rail development and more centralized railroads. Local competition between states prompted state Congressional representatives unable to construct local railroads to turn to federal aid.
Prior railway funding came from politicians from the south and frontier, who were drawn mainly into rail coalitions due to their own failure to create local rail networks. Over period, though, rivalry among coalition states and complaints about federal power led several of the coalition's initial members to retire.
It was so the delegates would be free to say what was on their minds. If anything about what they said would go to the public, there would be people who would be mad at them and thus possibly hurt them. It was to protect them.
William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, standing three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States.
