Vocab
Who
What
Where & When
Why & How
100

Glittering, shining

What is gleaming?

100

The flag was crafted by these individuals.

Who is Mary Pickersgill, her daughter, mother, nieces, & Grace.

100

These are created by someone who did not have a first hand experience of an event. Examples include textbooks, biographies, movies based on events, & many webpages.

What is a secondary source?

100

The date the Declaration of Independence was signed?

When was July 4, 1776?

100

Name one way The War of 1812 showed the US as a powerful, independent nation.

What is....

1. US was new (only 40 years old) and younger is seen as weaker and unexpected to win?

2. The US defeated the British, who had the most powerful Navy in the world.

3. There were other countries around them that didn't grow, but US did, gaining more resources & trade.

200
Dangerous, risky, potentially harmful

What is perilous?

200

General Armistead is known for this.

Who was in charge at Fort McHenry?

Who ordered the Star Spangled Banner?

200

Name at least 2 primary sources.

What are newspapers, speeches, photos, artifacts, journals, letters, or autobiographies?

200

What year did the War of 1812 end?

When was 1814?

200

How did the War of 1812 start a pattern of future governmental policy toward Native Americans?

What is...

1. The US took over Native American land after the Battle of Tippecanoe & moved them to reservations.

2. They destroyed Tecumseh's hope for a Native American confederation, and the treatment of tribal separation gave each tribe less power. 

300

A defensive wall built around a castle or fort

What is a rampart?

300

This is the name of the person that Francis Scott Key went to rescue from the British (which later led to the Key's writing of the "Star Spangled Banner").

Who was Dr. William Beanes?

300

Dolley Madison is credited with being heroic in this way.

What is "saving the portrait of George Washington & other artifacts when the British burned the White House?"

300
This major American victory was a turning point of the War and the place where the National Anthem was written.

What was Fort McHenry?

300

How can patriotism help unify diverse groups of people?

What is a sense of belonging through the symbols we share (flags [& their colors], anthems, statues)?

These symbols are often also used in ceremonies.

400

A league, alliance, or organization where people band together

What is a confederacy?

400

Name two things Governor Harrison was known for.

What is...

1. Governor of Indian Territory?

2. Defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe?

3. Destroying Tecumseh's dream village?

4. Later becoming the 9th president?

400

Name the Tribe of Tecumseh.

What is Shawnee?

400

This is the place that Tecumseh's dream of uniting Native American Tribes into a confederacy ended.

What was the Tippecanoe River?

400

How can important people be ignored or not recognized in history?

What is...

1. They are not part of the majority group (= an indentured servant, black, poor, female, discriminated against = and not valued at the time.

2. They may be against a more popular idea (ex: the fact that the US wanted to take over the Native American land)

500

Coercing or pushing men into the service of a navy by force without their choice


What is an impressment?

500

Briefly describe the Battalion of Free Men of Color.

Who were the free men of color who were allowed to fight in the Battle of Baltimore who saved the US soldiers in New Orleans?

They were publicly thanked for their service but did not receive citizenship or the land they were promised.

They were led mostly by rich, white men.

500

Name the 2 causes of the War of 1812.

What are...

1. Trading rights with Britain & France and the impressment of soldiers.

2. The US wanted to expand westward.

500

The events at Tippecanoe River served as this turning point.

What is how Native Americans were treated in the future?

500

Who was Paul Jennings and why might people NOT know him?

Who was who cut and saved the portrait of George Washington along with Dolley Madison. 

Dolley was the one who told the story and didn't include his name because he was an enslaved, black, young, poor, man).

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