Ch. 7 HW - War of 1812 - DBQ Practice -- DUE FRIDAY 9/28 … · 2018. 9. 23. · Embargo Act -...
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Ch. 7 HW - War of 1812 - DBQ Practice -- DUE FRIDAY 9/28
Prompt: Evaluate the Causes of the War of 1812
See pages 224-230 & War of 1812 Slides
1) Extended Analysis: Take notes describing TWO of the following: Audience, Purpose,
Context or Point of View.
2) Relevant Outside Evidence: List TWO relevant specific pieces of information not directly
mentioned in the document
3) Link to Prompt: Write a few sentences explaining how the document and outside evidence
helps answer the prompt.
and last part of Chapter 7 (pp. 222-230)
The War of 1812 –
Crash Course US History #11https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMXqg2PKJZU&list=PL8dPu
uaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=11
Background Causes1 - The
Napoleonic
Wars
2 - British
“Impressment”
of American
Sailors
3 - Chesapeake Affair
4 - Thomas Jefferson tries
to avoid war with France
and England but increases
sectional tensions with the
controversial
Embargo Act - (1807)
5- Violence stemming from land conflicts between
American “pioneers” & Native Americans
in the Ohio Valley & Great Lakes regions
Indians lead by brothers:
Tecumseh Tenskwatawa (aka “the Prophet”)
American Cartoon Depicting British & Native Americans in Great Lakes Region
(Ohio, Michigan & Indiana)
Context? Audience? Point of View? Purpose?
TJ’s close ally
James Madison
becomes President
in 1809
Pressured by
Western “War Hawks”
in Congress
Efforts at
“Peaceable Coercion”
(ex: Embargo) Fail
Congress votes for
War with England in 1812
by narrow margin
War of 1812
(1812-1815)Areas of
Fighting:
•Great
Lakes
•Atlantic
Seaboard
•South
A few military “highlights”
of War of 1812:
British Burning Washington DC
Victory at Battle of Tippecanoe
USS Constitution aka “Old Iron Sides” not sinking
Francis Scott Key
writes the
Star Spangled Banner
Battle of New Orleans(War technically already over)
Gen. Andrew Jackson
Leads US to victory at
Treat of Ghent(Dec. 1814)
Officially ends war with
“Status Quo
Ante Bellum”
Results of War of 1812
• US does not lose!
• US gains national pride/heroes
• A national anthem no one can
remember words to
• US gain more economic self
sufficiency (partly due to after effects of
Embargo Act and Partly due to pro-
business & pro-nationalist John
Marshall led Supreme Court)
• Western lands wide open to settlement
as Indians east of Mississippi devastated
• Dislike of European affairs increases –
renewed isolationism
(ex: Monroe Doctrine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVC677-YmfM
Funny Canadian Song About War of 1812Why does War of 1812 contribute to Canadian nationalism?