Social Studies Chapter 9, Section 3

Question 0

Tribute

Answer 0

Protection money that would need to be paid to protect the ships from pirates

Question 1

Barbary Pirates

Answer 1

Pirates that would operate off the Barbary Coast that would demand tribute if the ships were going to sail freely

Question 2

Blockade

Answer 2

Close off a coast using ships so no enemy ships could get in or out

Question 3

Embargo

Answer 3

Prohibits trade with another country

Question 4

Philadelphia

Answer 4

A trade ship that was sailing in the Mediterranean that was seized by the Barbary Pirates

Question 5

Neutral rights

Answer 5

The right to sail the seas and not take sides

Question 6

Impressment

Answer 6

When a country takes the crew from ships and force them to join the army

Question 7

Leopard

Answer 7

A British warship that intercepted the American trade ship Chesapeake

Question 8

Chesapeake

Answer 8

An American trade ship that was intercepted by the British war ship Leopard but when the Leopard captain asked to search the ship, the captain said no and the Leopard opened fire

Question 9

Embargo Act

Answer 9

An act passed by Congress that prohibited trade with all countries because the British were enraging the Americans so they tried to hurt Britain’s trade but it instead made America’s trade suffer

Question 10

Nonintercourse Act

Answer 10

An act passed by Congress that allowed trade with all countries except for Britain and France but was not effective or successful

Question 11

Napoleon tricks Madison

Answer 11

Madison told Britain and France that whichever one lifts their trade ban first will be able to trade with the Americans but Napoleon continued to seize American ships, even after he agreed to trade with the Americans

Question 12

Madison’s thoughts on the British

Answer 12

Madison thought that Britain was the bigger threat than the French, even though the French tricked him

Question 13

Tecumseh

Answer 13

The Shawnee Chief who organized a Confederacy between Native American tribes and had a brother named the Prophet who was the religious leader of the Native Americans

Question 14

Native Americans confederacy

Answer 14

A confederacy between Native American tribes was put together by the Shawnee chief Tecumseh that would unite to fight the Americans if needed

Question 15

The Prophet

Answer 15

The Native American religious leader who said that Native Americans should return to their old customs and not copy the western invaders

Question 16

Prophetstown

Answer 16

A town in northern Indiana where the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers meet that was founded by the Prophet

Question 17

Governor General William Henry Harrison

Answer 17

The American governor of Indiana who feared that Tecumseh and the Prophet would become too powerful and make an alliance with the British

Question 18

The Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 18

A battle between the Native Americans and the Americans at Prophetstown that ended with the Native Americans seeking out the British

Question 19

War Hawks

Answer 19

A bunch of young Congressmen who pressured James Madison to declare war on Britain

Question 20

Nationalism

Answer 20

Loyalty to a country(patriotism)

Question 21

Henry Clay

Answer 21

A member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky who is also a leader of the War Hawks

Question 22

John Calhoun

Answer 22

A senator from South Carolina who was a leader of the War Hawks

Question 23

Declaration of War

Answer 23

Madison finally concluded that war with Britain was inevitable so he got Congress to declare war, but at the same time, the British were going to stop seizing ships but there was no backing down