Ch 12NOT FINISHED Flashcards
Oliver perry
Captured a British fleet on Lake Erie
Old ironsides
Uss constitution
Became famous since British cannon balls seemed to bounce right off of it
Battle of Thames
1813
Won by Harrison
Battle of Plattsburgh
Won by Thomas Macdonough
Naval battle
Saved upper NY from British Invasion
Burning of Washington, D.C.
British force of 4,000 invaded at Chesapeake and burned Washington and many public buildings
Fort McHenry
Fort at Baltimore
Star spangled banner
Survived rigorous cannon shots by Brits but was not taken
Andrew Jackson war of 1812
Won battle at New Orleans and battle at horseshoe bend
Battle of horseshoe bend
Jackson crushed SW Indians
Battle of New Orleans
1815
Led by jackson
Brits attacked entrenched Americans and lost
Fought after wars end
Treaty of Ghent
Both sides agreed to stop fighting and restore territory
No mention was made of american grievances
Originally Britain wanted Great Lakes and Maine but this was rejected
State two ways the federalists were disloyal during war
Illegal trade with Canada
Small minority had a convention
Hartford convention
Small group of federalists who came up with some petitions
Considered secession but decided against it
Hartford convention petitions
2/3 vote in congress to declare embargoes and wars
No same state presidents
No more 3/5 compromise
Single term presidents
What killed the Federalist Party in 1815?
The Hartford convention made federalists look petty and treasonous
Post war of 1812 nationalism in what areas?
- war heros-jackson and Harrison
- more manufacturing
- proved nations strength
Second bank of US
Passed in 1816
Tariff of 1816
Strong protective tariff; charged 20-25% on imports
American system
Infrastructure
Protective tariffs
Strong banking system
Era of good feelings
Time period of one party rule
Began with Monroe
Would end with sectionalism and slavery
Panic of 1819
Caused by over speculation in frontier lands
Showed inhumanity of debtors prisons
National bank seen as evil
What factors led to westward migration in the 1810s-1830’s
Cheaper land and better means to get there
Erie Canal
Connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River
Moved people and goods from old north west better and more cheaply
Tallmadge amendment
No more slaves to MS and children of laces would slowly be freed
Would upset free and Slaves states balance
