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29 Cards in this Set
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Impressment |
Seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in the military or other public service |
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Embargo |
A ban on trade with another country |
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Embargo Act |
1807 law that imposed a TOTAL ban on all foreign trade |
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Non-intercourse Act |
1809 law that allowed Americans to carry on trade with all nations EXCEPT Britain and France |
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Nationalism |
Pride in or devotion to one's country |
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War Hawks |
Member of Congress from the South and the West who wanted war with Britain prior to 1812 |
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James Madison |
4th President of the U.S. who declared war on Britain (War of 1812) |
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The Prophet |
Shawnee spiritual leader who urged Native Americans to give up white ways |
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Tecumseh |
Shawnee leader who organized Native Americans into a league |
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Where were the pirates from who terrorized European and American ships on the Mediterranean Sea? |
Barbary States of North Africa-Morocco, Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis |
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What did pirates of the Barbary States demand of government to allow their country's ships to pass safely? |
Tributes(protection money/bribes) |
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What did the pirates do if the tribute was not paid? |
Pirates would attack and take ships and imprison their crews. |
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Did President Jefferson agree to pay the ruler of Tripoli even more tribute money in 1801? |
NO! Without Congress's permission, President Jefferson sent ships to blockade Tripoli. |
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Who was the brave, 25-year-old U.S. Navy captain who slipped into the heavily guarded Tripoli Harbor with a small raiding party to burn the captured American ship, Philadelphia, in 1804 to prevent the pirates from using it? |
Stephen Decatur |
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How was the war with the Tripoli pirates resolved? |
The war ended with the signing of a peace treaty in June 1805. Tripoli agreed to stop demanding tribute, but the U.S. still had to pay $60,000 for the release of the prisoners. The U.S. continued to pay other Barbary States tributes until 1816. |
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Why were Feance and Britain attacking American ships between 1805-1807? |
They were at war with each other and wanted to stop American trade with the other side. |
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Why did the British begin impressing (kidnapping) British desertets and American sailors? |
They desperately needed sailors for their naval war. |
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How did Americans and President Jefferson react to the news of the British warship Leopard opening fire on the American ship Chesapeake and killing three crew members? |
Many Americans demanded war against Britain, but President Jefferson wanted to avoid war. |
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What did Jefferson use instead to put pressure on Britain to respect America's neutral rights? |
Embargos |
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What was the purpose of the Embargo Act? |
To force France and Britain to respect American neutrality and stop attacking American ships |
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Why did the Non-intercourse Act replace the Embargo Act? |
The Embargo Act had badly damaged the American economy by cutting off all American trade with all foreign countries. The Non-intercourse Act was aimed at opening some foreign trade. |
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Who won the election of 1800? |
Republican James Madison |
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Who did the U.S. have problems with in the West after Ohio become a state in 1803 because more settlers wanted land in the Ohio Valley? |
Native Americans |
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Who tried to build a confederacy among the Native American nations in the Northwrst to halt white movement into Native American lands? |
A powerful Shawnee chief named Tecumseh |
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Who was Tecumseh's brother who founded Prophetstown in northern Indiana who urged Native Americans to return to their ancient customs? |
Tenskwatawa (The Prophet) |
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Who sent Tecumseh a letter warning him that the U.S. had more warriors than all Native American groups combined and attacked anf defeated Prophetstowm while Tecumseh was away? |
The governer of Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison |
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Why was the Battle of Toppecanoe and victory with a cost for the Americans? |
It resulted in Tecumseh joining forces with the British |
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What reasons did the southern and western leaders what to go to war with Britain? |
. Britain was not treating the U.S. with respect because they were continuing to attack U.S. ships and not respecting American neutrality . Hoped to gain control of Florida from Spain and Canada from Britain . Wanted to stop Britain from arming Indians on the frontier |
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What was the vote in Congress on declaring war against Britain? |
Very closr-closest war vote ever! |
