AMSCO 4.4 APUSH Key Terms
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war hawks - ✔✔Those who were eager for war with Britain
Henry Clay - ✔✔United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states
John C. Calhoun - ✔✔In 1828, he lead the fight against protective tariffs which hurt the
south economically. Created the doctrine of nullification which said that a state could
decide if a law was constitutional. This situation became known as the Nullification
Crisis.
Quids - ✔✔(TJ) old democratic republicans who believed was of 1812 violated
democratic principals
Hartford Convention - ✔✔Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in
which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions
were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence
Tecumseh - ✔✔A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes
Prophet - ✔✔Tecumseh's brother
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, William Henry Harrison - ✔✔he led a military force against Tecumseh's confederacy at
the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Old Tippecanoe."
Battle of Tippecanoe - ✔✔Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh
and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by
William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the
War of 1812.
Napoleon Bonaparte - ✔✔Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The
Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain
and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in
exile.
Barbary pirates - ✔✔Plundering pirates off the Mediterranean coast of Africa; President
Thomas Jefferson's refusal to pay them tribute to protect American ships sparked an
undeclared naval war with North African nations
neutrality - ✔✔policy of supporting neither side in a war
impressment - ✔✔forcing people into service, as in the navy
Chesapeake-Leopard affair - ✔✔British warship fired on US warship off Virginia's
coast, killing three Americans; resulted in high anti-British sentiment (1807)
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
war hawks - ✔✔Those who were eager for war with Britain
Henry Clay - ✔✔United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states
John C. Calhoun - ✔✔In 1828, he lead the fight against protective tariffs which hurt the
south economically. Created the doctrine of nullification which said that a state could
decide if a law was constitutional. This situation became known as the Nullification
Crisis.
Quids - ✔✔(TJ) old democratic republicans who believed was of 1812 violated
democratic principals
Hartford Convention - ✔✔Meeting of Federalists near the end of the War of 1812 in
which the party listed it's complaints against the ruling Republican Party. These actions
were largley viewed as traitorous to the country and lost the Federalist much influence
Tecumseh - ✔✔A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes
Prophet - ✔✔Tecumseh's brother
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, William Henry Harrison - ✔✔he led a military force against Tecumseh's confederacy at
the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Old Tippecanoe."
Battle of Tippecanoe - ✔✔Battle between Americans and Native Americans. Tecumseh
and the Prophet attempted to oppress white settlement in the West, but defeated by
William Henry Harrison. Led to talk of Canadian invasion and served as a cause to the
War of 1812.
Napoleon Bonaparte - ✔✔Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The
Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain
and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in
exile.
Barbary pirates - ✔✔Plundering pirates off the Mediterranean coast of Africa; President
Thomas Jefferson's refusal to pay them tribute to protect American ships sparked an
undeclared naval war with North African nations
neutrality - ✔✔policy of supporting neither side in a war
impressment - ✔✔forcing people into service, as in the navy
Chesapeake-Leopard affair - ✔✔British warship fired on US warship off Virginia's
coast, killing three Americans; resulted in high anti-British sentiment (1807)
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