Early Republic 2

Question 1

When was the Treaty of Greenville signed?

Answer 1

In 1794 after the Battle of Fallen Timbers

Question 2

Who led the US National Army in the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

Answer 2

General Anthony Wayne

Question 3

What is the Treaty of Greenville?

Answer 3

A treaty that the natives were forced to sign that gave Ohio to the US

Question 4

Who was Little Turtle and what did he believe?

Answer 4

Miami tribe chief who encouraged accepting white culture. He lived on a reservation.

Question 5

What is a reservation?

Answer 5

Land set aside by the government for natives who lost their homelands

Question 6

Who was Handsome Lake and what did he believe in?

Answer 6

Seneca leader who advised blending white and native cultures.

Question 7

Who was Tenskwatawa and what did he believe?

Answer 7

Shawnee leader who urged war and opposed assimilation. Brother of Tecumseh

Question 8

Who was Tecumseh?

Answer 8

Brother of Tenskwatawa who urged resistance to Treaties. After the battle go Tippecanoe, he joined the British army and died in the War of 1812

Question 9

What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?

Answer 9

1811. Tecumseh and the Prophet were trying to build an Indian confederation to stop white westward expansion. A poorly calculated attack by the Prophet on American troops ended this hope. Neither side won, but the natives suffered major losses and the morale was shattered.

Question 10

Who led American troops in the Battle of Tippecanoe?

Answer 10

General William Henry Harrison

Question 11

What was a war hawk?

Answer 11

A person who wanted war with Britain to push them out of North America and, stop their aid to natives, and stop impressment.

Question 12

Who were the major War Hawks?

Answer 12

Henry Clay of Kentucky

John C Calhoun of South Carolina

Question 13

Who was the 4th president?

Answer 13

James Madison

Question 14

What was Madison’s biggest act?

Answer 14

Asking Congress to declare war on Britain in June of 1812; they approved it.

Question 15

What did non supporters call the War of 1812?

Answer 15

Mr. Madison’s War

Question 16

What were the major reasons to declare war in Madison’s speech?

Answer 16

1) impressment
2) harassing US trade ships
3) encouraging native warfare

Question 17

What was the States’ plan for the War of 1812?

Answer 17

Invade Canada and strike quick

Question 18

How did the British thwart the US plan?

Answer 18

Came down south from Canada and blockaded the coast.

Question 19

Who had the bigger army?

Answer 19

Britain. The US was outnumbered 20:1

Question 20

Who did the natives side with?

Answer 20

Britain.

Question 21

List major US land victories

Answer 21

• Fort Jackson

- Battle of Thames (where Tecumseh died)

Question 22

Describe battle/treaty of Fort Jackson

Answer 22

Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek and made them sign a treaty that gave up land in Alabama and Southern Georgia.

Question 23

List major US naval victories/info

Answer 23

• big ships: USS Constitution (old Ironsides), The Wasp, the United States.
• American privateers captured 1000 British ships
• Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the Brits at Lake Erie and blocked the north border.

Question 24

Describe the big British attack on DC

Answer 24

• US was trying to invade Canada with 14k but was pushed back
• In 1814 a British fleet arrived in the Chesapeake
• 4000 troops went to DC and attacked and burned.
• next went to Baltimore where the US stopped them

Question 25

Who was Francis Scott Key?

Answer 25

Writer of Star Spangled Banner, inspired by the all night British bombardment of Fort McHenry at the entrance of Baltimore Harbor

Question 26

What was the Treaty of Ghent?

Answer 26

Ended the war on December 24, 1814. Representatives from both nations met in Ghent Belgium. Restored old territory boundaries. Didn’t solve problems that caused the war.

Question 27

What was the Battle of New Orleans?

Answer 27

• news of the treaty didn’t reach the US until February.
• Dec 23: Britain tries to take New Orleans, but Jackson and troops defend it
• Jan 8: Britain tries to fight troops protecting New Orleans with no cover. In one hour, 2000 Brits and only 20 Americans are dead in a 5000 v 5000 battle.
• restored patriotism

Question 28

Who was the fifth president?

Answer 28

James Monroe, Republican, 1816

Question 29

What good things happened during Monroe’s presidency?

Answer 29

• charters second National Bank in 1816

- Americans move westward

Question 30

What was the Panic of 1819?

Answer 30

London demanded the money that they loaned America, America demands the money they loaned the public, the public doesn’t have extra money to pay back loans. First depression.

Question 31

What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 state?

Answer 31

No state northwest of the Ohio River could be a space state

Question 32

What was the controversy surrounding Missouri’s statehood?

Answer 32

There were 11 free and slave states each, and adding Missouri as a slave state would give the South more Congressional power.

Question 33

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Answer 33

Henry Clay 1819

1) Missouri would be admitted as a space state and Maine would be admitted as a free state
2) New western territory above 36°30’ N latitude had to be free

Question 34

What is a privateer?

Answer 34

Private person/company that raids British ships

Question 35

Why did Britain practice impressment?

Answer 35

They didn’t believe that the people could denounce their citizenship so they took back their citizens for the army.

Question 36

What happened just a couple days before the US declared war?

Answer 36

Britain revoked the law allowing impressment

Question 37

How many sailors were taken during British impressment?

Answer 37

5000