Key Events
This 1807 law stopped U.S. trade with other countries to avoid war with Britain and France.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
Tecumseh died in this battle in present-day Canada.
What is the Battle of the Thames?
He was President of the United States during the War of 1812.
Who is James Madison?
The British kidnapped American sailors in this practice.
What is impressment?
This patriotic song was inspired by the defense of Fort McHenry.
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?
The U.S. and Britain officially ended the war by signing this treaty in Belgium.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This battle was fought after the war officially ended but made Andrew Jackson a hero.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This Shawnee chief led a Native American confederacy against U.S. expansion.
Who is Tecumseh?
Native Americans allied with Britain because they wanted to stop this.
What is U.S. expansion onto Native lands?
This U.S. naval ship earned the nickname “Old Ironsides.”
What is the U.S.S. Constitution?
In 1814, the British attacked Washington, D.C., burning these two major buildings.
What are the White House and the Capitol?
The British surrounded the U.S. with its Navy in this type of military action.
What is a naval blockade?
He became a national hero after leading U.S. forces at the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The Federalist Party opposed the war because it would interfere with this.
What is trade, especially with Britain?
This burning of a city showed how vulnerable the young U.S. nation was.
What is the Burning of Washington, D.C.?
The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803 from this European leader.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The bombardment of this fort inspired the U.S. national anthem.
What is Fort McHenry?
These two “War Hawks” supported going to war with Britain.
Who are Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun?
Name one outcome of the War of 1812 that increased American pride.
What is nationalism?
The War of 1812 helped the U.S. develop this type of identity.
What is a distinctly American national identity?
The U.S. Navy ship nicknamed “Old Ironsides” defeated this powerful British ship.
What is the H.M.S. Guerriere?
Most land fighting in the War of 1812 happened along this border.
What is the U.S.–Canada border?
This man wrote the Star-Spangled Banner after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
Why was the War of 1812 considered a “draw”?
Because borders stayed the same, there was no clear winner, and Britain stopped raiding shipping.
This “era” began after the Federalist Party’s decline, marked by unity and pride.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?