Question

• Summarize these two topics in: (3-5 sentences):
• • Jeffersonian Trade Embargo 1807-1809
  • Antebellum Trade Policy & the cotton industry

Answer 1

1) Embargo Act of 1807 was signed by President Thomas Jefferson and passed by Congress with intent to demonstrate France and Britain their dependence on U.S. goods; and punish both countries for interfering with American trade and convincing France and Britain to respect neutrality of America
2) Antebellum period is a period before civil war, from roughly 1815 to 1860. The tariff trade policy during this era provided high level of protection to cotton industry. The government levied tariff on imports and mainly 24 percent on cotton textiles; and U.S. cotton-textile industry would have been wiped out if the tariff protection was not provided