Choose the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Which part of the passage is essential to understanding the effects of the eruption?

Which part of the passage is irrelevant to understanding the effects of the eruption?

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.

c. all egyptian slaves