AMSCO 4.4 APUSH Key Terms with
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war hawks - ANSWER - Those who were eager for war with Britain
Henry Clay - ANSWER - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states
John C. Calhoun - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - (TJ) old democratic republicans who believed was of 1812 violated
democratic principals
Hartford Convention - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes
Prophet - ANSWER - Tecumseh's brother
William Henry Harrison - ANSWER - he led a military force against Tecumseh's confederacy at
the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Old Tippecanoe."
Treaty of Ghent (1814) - ANSWER - Ended the War of 1812
Largely restored relations between the U.S. and Great Britain to status quo ante bellum.
Stephen Decatur - ANSWER - American naval officer known for his heroic deeds in the
Tripolitan War, the War of 1812, and skirmishes against the Barbary pirates.
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war hawks - ANSWER - Those who were eager for war with Britain
Henry Clay - ANSWER - United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise
between free and slave states
John C. Calhoun - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - (TJ) old democratic republicans who believed was of 1812 violated
democratic principals
Hartford Convention - ANSWER - 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 - ANSWER - A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes
Prophet - ANSWER - Tecumseh's brother
William Henry Harrison - ANSWER - he led a military force against Tecumseh's confederacy at
the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, where he earned the nickname "Old Tippecanoe."
Treaty of Ghent (1814) - ANSWER - Ended the War of 1812
Largely restored relations between the U.S. and Great Britain to status quo ante bellum.
Stephen Decatur - ANSWER - American naval officer known for his heroic deeds in the
Tripolitan War, the War of 1812, and skirmishes against the Barbary pirates.
