USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Neutrality is the ability to choose sides during a war. A group of Republicans plotted to secede from the Union. Lewis and Clark’s expedition collected valuable information on people, plants, and animals. The 1807 Embargo Act prohibited trade with other countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: A policy of not choosing sides in a war or dispute between other countries. Sentence: “ Washington knew that the United States was not prepared for war. Instead, he announced a policy of neutrality.” Sentence: “ Washington’s policy of avoiding alliances with other countries became know as isolationism."

Detailed explanation-3: -Since 1803 the British navy had forcibly drafted approximately 6, 000 American merchant sailors into its service. This practice of “impressment” violated America’s neutrality and the rights of its citizens.

Detailed explanation-4: -They included Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. Named after the Berbers, one of North Africa’s native peoples, the Barbary States were little pirate kingdoms that plundered the merchant ships of many nations. The Barbary pirates were mostly Berbers, Arabs, and other Muslims, but some came from Christian Europe.