Jefferson's Embargo Act

question 98

Multiple Choice

Jefferson's Embargo Act:

• A) was successful in restoring freedom of the seas.
• B) stopped the policy of impressment.
• C) severely hurt the economies of France and England.
• D) provoked war with France.
• E) caused economic devastation to American port cities.

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