All of the following happened as a result of the embargo act, EXCEPT:
a. the price of virtually every consumer good went down.
b. 1200 New Yorkers ended up in debtor's prison.
c. wholesale prices for agricultural products spiraled downward.
d. tobacco prices declined.
ANSWER: a
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a. California b. Oklahoma c. Missouri d. Oregon e. Arizona
Reconstruction is best understood as a
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