Answer: President Thomas Jefferson hoped that the Embargo Act of 1807 would help the United States by demonstrating to Britain and France their dependence on American goods, convincing them to respect American neutrality and stop impressing American seamen. Instead, the act had a devastating effect on American trade.
Answer: True
Whitney's hand-cranked machine could remove the seeds from 50 pounds of cotton in a single day.
<span>Laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen after Civil War
1) African Americans could marry & own some property but did not have rights of citizenship
2) help planters find workers to replace their slaves. Required freedmen to work
3) kept freedmen at the bottom of the social order in the South. Most called for the segregation of blacks and whites in public places</span>
Answer:
The term socio-economic deprivation (Root word Depri) refers to the lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.
