The british passed the orders in council and the french, the berlin decree. how did these two maritime policies affect us trade? a: us ships were not allowed to halt at european ports and offload their cargo resulting in massive losses to the traders and high attrition to european crews. b: us ships that complied with the orders in council were seized by the french and those that complied with the berlin decree were seized by the british. c: us sailors were subjected to impressments by the british and to imprisonment by the french if found violating either of these maritime policies on neutral waters. d: us traders could not get around the british rule through broken voyages and were forced to terminate trade with both france and britain in the absence of re-exportation.

With the california gold rush and the opening of the west came an increased interest in building a transcontinental railroad the first chinese were hired in 1865 at approximately $28 per month to do the very dangerous work of blasting and laying ties over the treacherous terrain of the high sierras in the beginning was slow and conquer the many embankments, the chinese workers used techniques they had learned in china to complete similar tasks. they were lowered by ropes from the top of cliffs in baskets, and while suspended, they chipped away at the granite and planted explosives that were used to blast tunnels1.* 11b this passage reflects workingefforts and conditions of which corporation? a.the transcontinentalrailway line b.the union pacific company c.the central pacific company d.the norfolkwestern company