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Chapter 13 Lesson 2
Social Studies
Question | Answer |
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Impressment | to force a person into military service |
Why did the United States go to war with Britain? | To end British support of Native Americans and the impressment of American sailors by the British |
How was the war of 1812 fought? | Along the Atlantic coastline, Western territories,and cities the bordered the British colony of Canada |
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 Britian |
Whose action 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 |
Whose name means "shooting star" and is the chief of the Shawneeand worked to unite Native American nations | Tecumseh |