Which of the following was not an important component of the “american system”?

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.

congress could not tax the states to raise funds.

because the great compromise was dealing with conflict on how congress would be made up of as well as  number of representatives many compromises had to come in affect like the virginia plan, the jersey plan and so on. the great compromise explained below.

the great house compromise 

- two house congress 

- representation in one house based on population

- equal representation in the second house