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Chapter 10 3-4
Question | Answer |
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What is Impressment? | A kidnapping of american sailors to work on British ships. |
What was the Embargo act of 1807? | Prohibited American ships were no longer to travel foreign ports. |
Who was Tecumseh? | A Shawnee chief who wanted to start a rebellion to keep their land. |
Who were the War Hawks? | Westerners who called for war. |
Who was Oliver Hazard Perry? | An experienced officer who lead in the shores of lake Erie in 1812-1813. |
What was the Battle of the Thames? | A battle in which Americans won and took the British threat in the Northwest. |
Who is Francis Scott Key? | A Washington lawyer that watched the battle in Fort McHenry and wrote a song that became the National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner). |
What was the Treaty of Ghent? | It was a treaty the war of 1812 and had been signed on December 24,1814. |
What fort were the British attacking while the Star Spangled Banner was written? | Fort McHenry |
What was Tecumseh's goal? | To unite all Natives together to keep their land and fight against the Americans. |
What were the 3 main effects of the War of 1812? | Increased Patriotism, Broke Native American strength, and interrupted trade. |
Who was the victorious commander at the battle of New Orleans? | Andrew Jackson |
What 2 important buildings did the British burn? | White house and the Capital |
Andrew Jackson's nickname was _____? | Old Hickory |