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War of 1812
Term | Definition |
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Group of men in Congress who wanted a 2nd war with England | War Hawks |
Man who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" | Francis Scott Key |
Indian chief who tried to organize the Indians against the white settlers in 1810 | Tecumseh |
Country that gave Native Americans weapons to kill frontier settlers | Canada |
Men who led the War Hawks | Henry Clay or John Calhoun |
Commander of US troops in New Orleans known as "Hero of New Orleans" | Andrew Jackson |
The president during the War of 1812 | James Madison |
When William Henry Harrison defeated the Indians armed with British weapons at this place in Indiana, a CURSE began. | Tippecanoe |
British area in North America desired by the War Hawks | Canada |
Site of the British attack during which the "Star Spangled Banner" was written | Fort McHenry |
Nation that controlled Florida during the War of 1812 | Spain |
The city of Baltimore was defended by this fort | Fort McHenry |
Region of the US that generally did not favor the War of 1812 because it hurt their trade | New England or the Northeast |
City where the treaty ending the War of 1812 was signed | Ghent, Belgium |
The strongest navy in the War of 1812 | Britain |
Some of the most important battles during the War of 1812 occurred on these bodies of water that divide Canada from the US | Great Lakes |
Act of taking American sailors from their ships and making them serve on British ships | Impressment |
USS ship fired on by the British Leopard in 1807 | USS Constitution |
"Mr MAdison's War" | War of 1812 |
Tactic used by England and France during the war between them to prevent ships from entering each other's ports. | Blockade |
Two European nations who were often at war, which led to the War of 1812 | Britain and France |
Policy by which some nation try not to take sides | Neutrality |
Political party whose members did not favor the War of 1812 | Federalists |
The final battle of the War of 1812. Was fought 2 weeks after the peace treaty was signed. | Battle of New Orleans |
Jefferson's solution to the Impressment problem which did not work and was very unpopular | Embargo Act |
WAR! HUH! Good gawd, y'all. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? | Absolutely Nothing! |