Macon's Bill No. 2
a. re-opened trade with all nations except Britain and France.
b. required that if either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading with the other.
c. forbade American trade with Britain and France but promised to re-open trade with whichever of the two nations first honored neutral rights.
d. repealed the Embargo Act of 1807.
e. demonstrated American economic strength in dealing with the European powers.
b
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A) Southern cotton mills hired mostly single women.
B) Southern cotton mills were located in the countryside rather than cities.
C) Southern mill workers were paid better than northern mill workers.
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