Causes
What is impressment?
Thanks to holding their own against a Super Power (again), the United States felt an increased sense of this after the war.
What is patriotism?
The Fourth President of the United States and the leader during the War of 1812.
Who is James Madison?
This last battle of the war was actually fought after the war was over, it took news a long time to reach here back then.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
The British were fighting the Battle of New Orleans because they wanted control of this river.
What is the Mississippi?
This act meant that the United States would not trade with any foreign countries
What is the Embargo Act?
This city was burned by the British and much had to be repaired and rebuilt.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The First Lady of the United States who is credited with saving art work and other important artifacts of history when the White House was burned by the British.
Who is Dolley Madison?
This Battle against the Native Americans before the start of the war was led by a future President.
What is Tippecanoe?
What Francis Scott Key saw after the Battle of Baltimore and inspired his poem.
What is our flag?
This large area to the north that was then part of Britain was what the United States was hoping would become part of their country?
What is Canada?
This future president became a national hero after the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
Shawnee Indian leader who tried to get many tribes to join together to fight the settlers.
Who is Tecumseh?
The Americans won this battle of the then capital of the British controlled territory.
What is the Battle of York?
Where most of the War Hawks in congress were from.
What is the west and south?
This British ship fired on the United States ship, the USS Chesapeake and took four American sailors.
What is the HMS Leopard?
This future President became a hero after the Battle of New Orleans?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Wrote the Star Spangled Banner during the Battle of Baltimore as he watched Fort McHenry be attacked.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
This is where a declaration of war must come from in the United States.
What is Congress?
This sudden event may be the only thing the prevented the White House from being completely destroyed as the British burned the city.
What is a sudden rain storm?
This area was where the majority of the Naval Battles of the war were fought and where British support for Native Americans was the highest.
What is the Great Lakes?
This group was the one to loss the most in the war.
Who are the Native Americans?
The two most famous members of the War Hawks, both were serving in Congress during this time.
Who are Henry Clay and John Calhoun?
This ship surprisingly held up to constant firing by British cannons, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides."
What is the USS Constitution?
This is the main artifact Dolley Madison insisted on saving from the White House.
What is a portrait of George Washington?