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sectionalism,  | Loyalty to a region instead of the country |
Abolitionist Movement,  | Movement to end slavery |
William Henry Harrison,  | Hero of Tippecanoe and Thames who became president |
Hartford Convention,  | Meeting where Northern Federalists planned to secede from the Union. It destroyed their party |
Andrew Jackson,  | Hero of New Orleans who became president |
Treaty of Ghent,  | Ended the War of 1812 and made things the same as they were before it. |
Tecumseh,  | Leader of the Native American Confederation |
Battle of Thames,  | Battle where Indians were defeated and Tecumseh was killed |
Battle of Tippecanoe,  | Battle where many Indians were killed leading Tecumseh to join the British and causing the War of 1812 |
Battle of New Orleans,  | Last battle that made it look like the U.S. won and made Jackson a hero. |
Invasion of Canada,  | Failed attempt by the U.S. to take over Canada |
Fort McHenry,  | Baltimore fort that stopped the British invasion and was the motivation for the National Anthem |
Washington DC,  | Nation's capital that was burned by the British |
Indian Confederation | Group of native people working together |
War Hawks | Young Democratic Republicans from the South and West who wanted war with Britain |
nationalism | Love for one's country that motivated War Hawks. |
blockade,  | Stopping things from going in and out of a place |
impressment,  | Capturing sailors and forcing them to work |
Indian Removal,  | The forced movement of Indians from their homes after the War of 1812 |
The War of 1812,  | War between Britian and the United States that lasted from 1812-1815. |