Chapter 9 Section 4
What title was given to the USS Constitution after she destroyed the Java off the coast of Brazil?
"Old Ironsides"
Fransic Scott Key
A prominent Washington lawyer
Hartford Convention
Convention of Federalists delegates met in Hartford, Connecticut, in December 1814
How did Napoleon trap the United States into open conflict with England?
Convinced America to cut off trade with England
War Hawks
Favored going to war
In what ways was America unprepared for war with England in 1812?
Jefferson's policies of frugality, poorly trained troops, small navy
Jean Laffite
Led a band of pirates, famous Frenchman
Who was the fourth President of the United States?
Madison
Henry Clay
Young statesman from Kentucky
John C. Calhoun
Young statesman from South Carolina
What governor of the Indiana Territory led a force of troops to victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henry Harrison
How did the War of 1812 benefit America?
-gained foreign respect -stimulated American industry -new spirit of nationalism -stimulated western expansion
List Madison's four reasons for declaring war on Great Britain.
1. impressment of American seamen 2. violation of American rights within American territorial waters 3. violation of American's neutral trade rights by the orders in council 4. stirring up the frontier Indians
The Prophet
A Shawnee medicine man encouraged the Indians to removal of white influence from their culture
Battle of New Orleans
America's most heroic battle of the war
Name the tough frontiersman who defeated the Creek Indian at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Andrew Jackson
What was the most important naval engagement on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812?
Battle of Lake Erie
Macon Bill
Bill that provided for the reopening of trade with all nations
Battle of the Thames
Brought the total collapse the Indian confederacy
Oliver Hazard Perry
Built fleet out of wood hewn from a nearby forest and attacked a superior British squandron on Lake Erie
Name the act which forbade trade with England and France but reopened American commerce with the rest of the world.
Non-Intercourse Act
Dolly Madison
Served as the White House hostess for 16 years
Fort Dearborn
Taken over by Indians and massacred their captives
Name the Shawnee chief who led a great confederacy of tribes against white settlers in the West.
Tecumseh
What treaty ended the War of 1812?
The Treaty of Ghet