| A | B |
|---|
| impressment | the practice of forcing people into service (used by the British against American sailors) |
| embargo | a ban on trade with other nations |
| Barbary States | refers to the nations of North Africa |
| Embargo Act | passed in 1807 in which Americans were not allowed to import or export goods |
| Nonintercourse Act | passed in 1809, Americans were allowed to trade with all nations except France and Great Britain |
| nationalism | extreme pride or devotion to one's nation |
| War Hawks | members of Congress from the South and West who wanted war with Britain |
| Henry Clay | member of Congress from Kentucky who pushed for war with Britain |
| the Prophet | Shawnee leader named Tenskwatawa who urged other Native Americans to return to their former traditions and ways of life |
| Tecumseh | brother of Tenskwatawa who led Native Americans to fight white expansion in the West |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | event that marked the beginning of Indian fighting on the frontier |
| Battle of Thames | major victory in Canada that turned the tide of war for Americans in 1813 |
| Battle of Horseshoe Bend | victory for Americans in the Creek war (led by Andrew Jackson) |
| Dolley Madison | First Lady who saved several important papers and a portrait of George Washington during the British attack of Washington, D.C. |
| Andrew Jackson | officer from Tennessee who became famous from the Battle of New Orleans |
| Battle of New Orleans | American victory that took place two weeks after the end of the War of 1812 |
| Hartford Convention | meeting in which New England representatives threatened to leave the Union if the War of 1812 continued |
| Treaty of Ghent | ended the War of 1812 |
