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Where was the American victory that chased the British off of the great lakes?

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Lake Erie

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What was the most famous US ship of the war of 1812?

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The USS constitution

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What country did the Americans try to invade?

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Canada

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What American fort was captured by the British in 1812?

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Detroit

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Who said “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”?

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Oliver Perry

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How many of the ship on ship battles did the Americans win?

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13 out of 16

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What did the British use to stop all America’s trade and tariff money?

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Blockade

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Who was the American battle of the Thames River?

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William Henry Harrison

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Who were the Americans moved to Canada during the revolution?

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Tories

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What should Congress have raised to prepare for war?

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Taxes

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What were the two important navy battles of the war of 1812?

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Lake Erie and Plattsburgh Bay

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What city was burned by the British?

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Washington DC

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Who successfully defended Lake Champlain?

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Thomas McDonough

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Where where the 2 battles in Canada in 1814?

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Chippewa and Lundy’s Lane

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What state did the British want to take a piece?

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Maine

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Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

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Francis Scott Key

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What was the fort that defended Baltimore Harbor?

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Fort McHenry

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Who was the first lady that saved many of the valuable things in the White House from the British?

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Dolley Madison

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Who were the people the British wanted to have a nation between the US and Canada?

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Indians

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What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812?

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Treaty of Ghent

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Who was the hero of the battle of New Orleans?

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Andrew Jackson

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What was the name of the battle where Jackson defeated the Creek Indians?

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Horseshoe Bend

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Why did the British decided to make peace on good terms?

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The US won at Plattsburgh Bay and Baltimore. Britain new it would be a long fight and they were tired of war.

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Why would Andrew Jackson especially hate the British?

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He was slashed by a British soldier during the revolution for refusing to clean his boots.

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What two things increased because of the war of 1812?

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Manufacturing and nationalism

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How did tariffs help American factories?

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They raised the price of foreign goods so people bought the American Ones

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Why was the battle of New Orleans and unusual victory?

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It was fought after the war had ended

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What part of the country liked tariffs?

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The Northeast

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What part of the country did not like tariffs?

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The west and south

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What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?

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Old hickory

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Who won the battle of Plattsburgh today?

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Thomas McDonough

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Who won the battle of Lake Erie?

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Oliver Perry

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Who won the battle of Tippecanoe and Thames River?

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William Henry Harrison

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Who won the battle of New Orleans?

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Andrew Jackson

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Who sent the Navy to attack Tripoli on the barberry coast?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Why was America not ready for the war of 1812?

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The Democratic Republican Congress had not raised money to expand the tiny Navy and Army.

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Who were the people of Canada who fought so hard against the Americans?

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The Tories who fled the US during the Revolution and the Frenchman of new France.

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Why did Thomas Jefferson not believe he could make the Louisiana purchase and why did he do it?

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The Constitution does not allow land purchases but it was too good to pass up.

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What was stopped by the American victory at the battle of Plattsburgh Bay?

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An invasion of New York down Lake Champlain

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What was the Louisiana purchase?

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It was the land west of the Mississippi bought by the US from France in 1803

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What was the most famous American warship in the war of 1812?

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The USS Constitution

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Which US warship was attacked by the British and had several men killed and four sailors kidnapped before the war 1812?

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The USS Chesapeake

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