How did southern states respond to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation? A. They followed its wording and freed all slaves.

B. They ignored the statement and continued to hold slaves.

C. The Confederacy immediately encouraged slaves to enlist and fight.

D. They sent delegates to negotiate a different solution with Lincoln.

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.

"the attempts of the proletariat to rise above this abasement"