Chapter 4.3

Question 1

War of 1812: The british supported what on the northern border with canada?

Answer 1

British support of the Indian rebellions on the northern border with Canada

Question 2

War of 1812: What are impressments?

Answer 2

Impressments; U.S. citizens taken off ships by the British Navy

Question 3

War of 1812: What did the British Navy do on the high seas to cause the War of 1812?

Answer 3

Seized U.S. ships on the high seas by the British Navy

Question 4

War of 1812: What is the term for people pushing for war?

Answer 4

Congressman Henry Clay and War Hawks pushing for war with Britain

Question 5

War of 1812: House voted 79- 49 and Senate 19-13 for war

Answer 5

Remember that this is a cause for the war of 1812

Question 6

Why did the British not want war with the US? And what did they do to avoid war?

Answer 6

Britain did not want war since it was still fighting Napoleon in Europe and tried to normalize trade relations with the US; many in U.S. did not want war either

Question 7

What did US General Hull invade? And why did he fail? Part One

Answer 7

U.S. General Hull invaded Canada, but makes a series of mistakes, losing control of forts, defeats by Indians; retreats to Detroit and soon surrenders to the British;

Question 8

Where did the US also fail to invade at in Canada?

Answer 8

U.S. tried another invasion of Canada at Niagara, but failed also

Question 9

How did the US secure the northwest border?

Answer 9

1813: Americans win naval victory in the Battle of Lake Erie, and the Battle of the Thames in Ohio, securing the northwest border for the U.S.

Question 10

Why was the US economic life crippled and Treasury almost bankrupt?

Answer 10

British have almost complete naval blockade of U.S.; economic life, especially trade and fishing, was crippled and Treasury almost bankrupt

Question 11

What did the british invasion for do once they landed in Chesapeake Bay?

Answer 11

August 1814: British invasion force landed in Chesapeake Bay, marched rapidly to Washington D.C. , defeated the U.S. militia that ran away

Question 12

What did the British set fire to in Washington D.C.?

Answer 12

Set fire to most public buildings, including the Capitol building and White House

Question 13

Where could the British not capture?

Answer 13

Could not capture Baltimore (Francis Scott Key)

Question 14

Who defended New Orleans from the British? Why was this battle pointless?

Answer 14

January 8, 1815, British attempted to take New Orleans defended by entrenched militia, free blacks, pirates, sailors, and regular U.S. soldiers and suffer their worst defeat of the war; did not know a peace treaty had been signed 2 weeks before!

Question 15

Why did the war of 1812 end in a virtual draw?

Answer 15

War a virtual draw; no one gained or lost territory, but U.S. capital destroyed

Question 16

Why did sectional tensions boil over in 1819?

Answer 16

Sectional tensions boiled over when Missouri applied to become a slave state in 1819

Question 17

Missouri met all the requirements to become a state, but congress stopped the process. why?

Answer 17

Met all the requirements but Congress stopped it saying that no more slaves be brought into Missouri. (They did not want an imbalance of free and slave states)

Question 18

What was the bundle of compromises called that broke the deadlock?

Answer 18

Deadlock broken by a bundle of compromises known as the Missouri Compromise.

Question 19

What did the Missouri Compromise state?

Answer 19

Missouri would be admitted as a slave state while Maine (part of Mass.) would be admitted as a free state, maintaining the balance at 12 and 12 (Senate)

Question 20

New states north of 36°30’ line = free, new states southward = slave

Answer 20

Just know this shit