Practice of forcing people into military service

Impressments of US sailors, interference with shipping, British support of Native Americans, and warhawk pressure in Congress

Battle where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem. The British attacked the fort and the Americans successfully defended against them.

A battle during the War of 1812 where the British army attempted to take New Orleans. Jackson defeated them soundly which gave him an enormous popularity boost. Unfortunately, it was fought after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed.

During the raid the British they destroyed the White House. the library, Capital and House of Congress

Became a war hero at the Battle of New Orleans

Bought from the French;Doubled size of US, opened up land for expansion

Shoshoni Indan who helped Lewis and Clark navigate through the Louisiana Territory

Sent on an expedition by Jefferson to gather information on the United States' new land and map a route to the Pacific and to find a waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (Northwest Passage). They kept very careful maps and records of this new land acquired from the Louisiana Purchase.

A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska. Sought by navigators since the 16th century, but was never discovered

Stopped trading to other countries. Ended up hurting the U.S. economy

A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes

Money for war

War would hurt their economy bc it was based on trade