The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade embargo on all foreign nations that was enacted by the United States Congress. During the Napoleonic Wars, rival nations Britain and France targeted neutral American shipping as a means to disrupt the trade of the other nation. 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.
Explanation: American president Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-‐Republican party) led Congress to pass the Embargo Act of 1807. Effects on American shipping and markets: Agricultural prices and earnings fell. Shipping-related industries were devastated. He believed that economic coercion would convince Britain and France to respect America's neutral rights. The embargo was an unpopular and costly failure. It hurt the American economy far more than the British or French, and resulted in widespread smuggling. Instead, smuggling flourished, particularly through Canada. In the last sixteen days of President Thomas Jefferson's presidency, the Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports.
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark case in which it was finally proven that segregation in institutions of education was highly unconstitutional, so you could say that that is the greatest effect since it made other schools become open for everyone as well.
I personally agree with most of the policies companies are implementing due to the pandemic. Though the economy is being damaged, lives are far more important then currency. Companies have been dismissing workers due to this crisis in which I believe is an issue. Companies need to implement more "working from home" programs to save the jobs and livelihoods of their workers. However, this is just my opinion. Your's may vary.
On April 20, 1971, the United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools. In 1954, in the case ofBrown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation of schools was unconstitutional.
