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Describe the similarities and the differences between boycotts and embargoes

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A boycott is when a group of people and/or businesses refuse to buy certain products.

An embargo is sort of a boycott of one country by another country.

The United States has a trade embargo against Cuba.
African-American citizens of Montgomery, Alabama refused to use mass transit during the Montgomery Bus Boycott in protest of the system's racial discrimination.
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