Question 1
What key message does the cartoon Intercourse or Impartial Dealings express about Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807?
A) Jefferson successfully negotiated a peace treaty between Britain and France.
B) Neither Britain nor France was intimidated by Jefferson's embargo on their goods.
C) Both Britain and France caved in to this act and agreed to resume trade with the United
States.
D) The Embargo Act strengthened the American economy prior to the War of 1812.
Question 2
In arguing that current patterns of immigration hurt the American economy in his 1996 article The New Economics of Immigration: Affluent Americans Gain: Poor Americans Lose, what did Harvard economist George Borjas emphasize?
A) the upward mobility of immigrants
B) the higher birth rates among most immigrant groups
C) the denial of welfare benefits to immigrants
D) the low work and education skills of most immigrants
Question 3
The Chesapeake Affair occurred in 1807 when the __________.
A) British hanged four American sailors accused of deserting their navy
B) American ship Chesapeake fired on the British warship Leopard
C) American government placed an embargo on British and French trade
D) British warship Leopard fired on the Chesapeake and abducted four of its sailors
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