Question to Think About As you read Section 3 in your textbook and take

notes, keep this section focus question in mind: How did Jefferson respond to
threats to the security of the nation?
Use this organizer to record key information from the section. Some informa-
tion has been filled in to get you started.

Barbary Pirates
• Why they were a threat: stole property and enslaved sailors
• Some nations responded by Paying tribute
• How Jefferson responded: sending warship to protect regular ships

Challenges Faced by the United States

American Neutrality Challenged Native American Unrest

• Causes: War between Britain and
France leads to restrictions on
U.S. trade
• Actions taken by Britain and France:
attacked ships and took soldiers
• U.S. response: Jefferson calls for an
embargo on foreign trade; Congress
passed the Embargo Act.
• Results of embargo:
• we started smuggling
• lost money
• Cause of unrest: rapid westward
settlement
• Effects on Native Americans
• exposed to deadly diseases
• took over large parts of land
• Drove away animals
• Populations decreased
•
• Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa urged
Native Americans to:
• resist
• and preserve traditional ways
• U.S. response to unrest: sent soldiers
and defeated them

• People lost jobs

• Congress repealed Embargo Act in

1809.

Refer to this page to answer the Chapter 9 Focus Question on page 149.
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