Jefferson's worst foreign policy blunder was
a. encouraging trade with Europe
b. the Embargo Act of 1807
c. undermining the Alien and Sedition Acts
d. waging war against the Barbary pirates
e. opposing the War Hawks
Ans: b. the Embargo Act of 1807
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