| A | B |
|---|
| The War of 1812 | Also called the Second War for Independence |
| 1812 | Year the War of 1812 started |
| Blockade | French and British cut off American trade to each other |
| Impressment | British navy searches American ships and kidnaps sailors |
| Chesapeake Affair | A U.S. ship is fired on by the British ship Leopard |
| Embargo | Jefferson's attempt to keep us out of wara total cut-off of trade |
| War Hawks | young Congressmen who want war |
| John C. Calhoun | War Hawk from South Carolina |
| Henry Clay | War Hawk; Speaker of the House |
| James Madison | President during the War of 1812 |
| Put-In-Bay | Famous battle on Lake Erie |
| Battle of the Thames | Tecumseh is killed in this battle |
| White House and Capitol Building | burned during the War of 1812 |
| Battle of New Orleans | Fought 2 weeks after the war was over |
| Andrew Jackson | Leader of Americans in the Battle of New Orleans |
| Francis Scott Key | wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812 |
| Treaty of Ghent | officially ended the War of 1812 |
| Territory that changed hands after the war | none |
| Nationalist spirit | American pride in our country after War of 1812 |
| assimilation | one culture becomes part of another culture |
| Battle of Tippecanoe | military encounter between Governor Harrison and Tenskwatawa |
| Treaty of Greenville | agreement Natvie Americans were forced to accept after the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
| reservation | area set aside for Native Americans who lost their homelands |
| Missouri Compromise | divided slave and free territories at the 36-30 parallel |
| depression | severe economic slow-down |
| 1814 | Year the war of 1812 ended |
