Worksheet # 60 Questions                           Home

 

Impressment         Embargo           Economy          Market         Non-Intercourse Agreement

Shang-hai              Neutrality           Cotton             Merchants             Smuggling

 

1)  The practice of seizing sailors from passing ships in order to serve in the

             British navy:________________.

2)  A slang or informal term for this type of kid-napping:_____________.

3)  The American policy of not choosing sides between England and France

             when those two countries went to war (which was often):_____________.

4)  A law that stops all trade that crosses a countryÕs borders:_______________.

5)  An American product that had no buyers when (4) was put into effect:___________.

6)  The everyday buying and selling and producing and using of goods and

             services:_______________.

7)  A group of people, along with sailors and farmers, who lost a lot of money

             when (4) went into effect:_________________.

8)  A law passed in the U.S. that forbid exports and imports but only to the

             countries of England and France:________________.

9)  A place to buy (and sell) things:_______________.

10)  An illegal activity that grew in activity when (4) went into effect:____________.

 

Thought Question:  Why was JeffersonÕs Embargo Act so unpopular with so

          many people?  Which people do you think would support the Act?