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| Henry Clay | Speaker of the House who advocated war with Great Britain and led the "War Hawks" |
| Francis Scott Key | Wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| William Hull | Commander at Detroit who was court-martialed for abandoning his post |
| Willian H. Harrison | Defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe Creek in Indiana territory |
| frigates | Fast, medium-sized sailing warships |
| impressments | Practice of stopping and boarding American ships and forcing American sailors into British naval service |
| Chesapeake Affair | To transfer officially the right of ownership |
| Embargo Act | Congress prohibited all ships to leave American ports for foreign ports |
| James Madison | The fourth president of the United States |
| Treaty of Ghent | Signed in 1814; it restored the conditions as they existed before the war |
| Andrew Jackson | "Hero of New Orleans" |
| cede | To transfer officially the right of ownership |
| secede | To withdraw officially from membership in an alliance or organization |
| Tecumseh | Fought with the British in War of 1812 |
| steamboat | Made its appearance on Ohio River in 1811 |
| Monticello | Home designed by Thomas Jefferson |
