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Ch. 13 L.2
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Impressment | To force a person into military service |
| Why did the United States go to war with Britain? | To end British support of Native American uprisings and the impressment of American Sailors by the British. |
| Why did the War of 1812 help Americans feel proud of their country? | It helped Americans feel proud because they had proven they could defeat a major force like Britain. |
| How was the war fought? | Along the Atlantic Coastline, in the western territories, and in the cities that bordered the British colony of Canada. |
| Whose name means "shooting star"and is the chief of the Shawnee and worked to unite Native American nations? | Tecumseh |
| Whose actions saved treasures from burning when the British troops set the White House on fire? | Dolley Madison |
| Who is nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was as tough as hickory wood? | Andrew Jackson |