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Down: 1) Causes from two directions: Continued British Nonsense and Pressures on the American Frontier. 2) Madison administration opted for a three-pronged assault on British Canada. Ended up surrendering to British.3) The US experiences the first financial crisis since the signing of the constitution. Causes the split of two democratic parties. West is developing rapidly. Becomes a battleground between the north and the south over slavery.4) The purchase sails through the capital and is allowed. The only French troops allowed in the US are the ones who are transferring the purchase. Napoleon soon gives the purchase without a drop of blood. 7) Spain’s decline ends up bringing up the Monroe Doctrine. The Spanish Empire is beginning to crumble and Britain and the US decide that it is more beneficial for South America to be in charge of their own territory. 8) All fighting will come to a halt. All conquered territory will return to its pre-war state, including Canada. Saying that we fought for two years to have everything stay the same. 16) He was well grounded because he brought himself up from things. Imposed to increasing federal spending. Jackson vetoes more bills than the last 6 presidents combined. 17) US can pay pirates to not attack their ships. Leader of the pirates demands a larger sum than what has been established from Jefferson. Small fleet of US ships begins in a undeclared naval war with the Pirates. 19) Henry Clay & John Cehalon argue that the only way to gain American honor & destroy the resistance on the American frontier is to go to war with Britain. 23) Becomes president while the US has a renewed sense of nationalism 24) Made up of slave states including those who are not looked at as slave states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky). Their economy is largely based on agriculture, like the traditional cash crops of tobacco, rice, and sugarcane. And the big one, COTTON. With the boom of textile mills and the invention of the cotton gin, cotton cloth became extremely affordable, and as a result extremely in demand, and the world began to rely on the American South to supply the raw cotton. Wealth in the south was measured in terms of land, and in terms of slaves. Slaves were treated as a form of property to be bought and sold like cattle. Conditions for slaves varied from plantation to plantation ranging from relatively humane to absolutely barbaric. Some slave revolts and uprisings as a result of the harsh circumstances. Fear of revolts lead to increasingly restrictive slave codes, and as cotton crops become more important to the southern economy and the aristocratic culture of the south becomes more entrenched, southerners become more and more defensive about slavery. 27) Referred to the land beyond the Mississippi. Vast majority of the Native Americans had been pushed, drive, and cajoled westward to this territory and were living in this area, many having settled on the Great Plains. Life on the frontier remained as an opportunity as a fresh start. 28) The first president of the Texas republic. Sam Houston applies for the statehood multiple times. The North in the US does not want Texas because they are worried about the expansion of slavery. 30) Puts a line down saying anything north of this line cannot have slavery and anything south of this line can have slavery. The Missouri compromise settles this issue for the time. Across: 5) Propose amendments to add to the constitution. Needs 2/3 of vote to pass laws. Counting slaves towards population, presidents only have 1 term, no presidents from the same state consecutively. 6) Harrison and men destroy the Shawnee Indain’s headquarters9) British had night long bombardment of the fort. Francis Scott Key wrote the star spangled banner in honor of what had happened at the fort. 10) Old Democratic Republicans. Opposed to war because it violates the original founding doctrines of the Democratic-Republican Party. They want a weak central government and to give all the power to the states. They do not want to strengthen the central government, which is necessary for war. 11) Act saying that US ships will not sail into foreign ports anymore. Idea is to scare Britain. Ends up backfiring. Britain finds replacement of goods from South America. Turns US into a depression. Act is repealed as Jefferson leaves office. 12) War with Britain is not the most popular thing to do. Begin to see the country splitting. 13) Instead of taking all the Oregon territory, after an argument with the British over the Oregon territory, he settles for bottom of the Oregon territory of the 59-degree line. June 1846, treaty is sent to the senate for ratification. 14) The problem is between the Americans and the British. A US person found the Colombian River. Lewis and Clark went all this way on their journey. Most Americans are living south of the Colombia River. Most Americans feel that the manifest destiny to not only takes Oregon but Texas as well. The Americans are trying to do what they did to Texas to the California area by moving a large population of people. The Americans are worried about slavery and worried that they will be overpowered in congress over slavery. There is a defined split in the Democrat party between the north and the south. 15) John O’Sullivan penned this phrase. Refers to the popular belief that they have the destiny to expand all across North America. Eventually ends up in a war with Mexico. 17) Texas technically belongs to Mexico. The amount of Americans throughout the 1820’s that live in Texas spikes. 18) Any Native Americans living east of the Mississippi needed to move out and be relocated to west of the Mississippi. The ones who are not out of the states are forced out by the ‘trail of tears’. 20) Jacksons forces surrounded the fort, set fire to it and shot the creeks as they tried to escape. 900 of Creeks were killed. Less then 50 of Jacksons men were killed. That was the worst defeat ever to come to the Native Americans. 21) Democratic Republican party is split. Democrats- Typical democrats. Wigs- Federalists. Wigs blame a lot of things on Jackson. 22) Do not want to go to war. Britain is their biggest trading partner. They were finally making profits after the Embargo act was taken away. Impressment was only a minor inconvenience. 25) Napoleon and Britain are at war again. 26) Consists of the six states to the west of the Alleghenies as they achieve statehood. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Started off as largely unsettled with ties to the South due to reliance on the Mississippi river for shipping, bust as military action drove out the Native American tribes and the building of canals, railroads, and other infrastructure began to tie the territory to the East Coast we see the region become more connected to the North. The main economic staple of the region is the large grain crops like corn and wheat. There is no slavery in the region, so agriculture in this region only begins to grow as technology makes it easier for individual families to plant and harvest more acreage. The steel plow and mechanical reapers make it increasingly profitable as does the increasing connection to the East Coast markets via train and canal. 29) Political Leadership- James Madison did not have the experience for war. He is not a good rallying figure like George Washington. Economically- trying to keep the budget of the US small. There is no centralized way to handle the money. Have to take out loans to cover 2/3 of the cost of war. Militarily- There is only 6,700 men in the army. They are poorly equipped and leaders are way past their time. The only hope is through the navy. Men are well trained. They have 16 ships that are sea worthy. 31) Successor of Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican. Brilliant thinker. Madison attempts to continue Jefferson’s policies & wants to keep the US out of an official declared war. 32) Importance of the territory is the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is a huge way of trade and the port of the river is in New Orleans. 33) Things changed in the US. Significant changes in political parties. Effected foreign policy. War earned us respect of other nations because we are so young and have faced Britain and successfully survived. New England came out better from this situation because the embargos were lifted and the US is upping their production of goods. US begin to look more towards the West than Britain. 34) Declared in June of 1812.35) 1) American continents are not being considered for future colonization. 2) The political system of European powers is different from what is getting set & ours up down in the south. We are republican states and you are monarchies & if you try to force it on us here we will see it as an act of aggression. 3) We will not interfere with any colonies that are not ours. 4) We will also stay out of your internal affairs if you stay out of ours in return. 36) The Americans outnumber the Texans by 3 to 1. Additionally Mexico has a law that all immigrants must convert to Catholicism. Mexico then closes their border to Americans. Americans ignore the border close. General Antonio Lopez Santana becomes dictator of Mexico. They declare Texas as a republic in March. Sam Houston catches the Mexicans by surprise at a battle & they capture Santana himself. Under the threat of death, Santana is forced to sign a treaty to make Texas independent. When the word gets back to Mexico that Santana signed this document they do not agree that it is valid because it was signed under duress. 37) British warship Leopard, fired on the US warship Chesapeake & kills 3 wounded 18 and impressed 8 men. 38) British would seize US cargo ships and in addition to taking their cargo, they would take a few men and force them into the British military.
 

 

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