Causes and Effects of the War of 1812

Why was the British defeating Napolean an important event in the War of 1812?

• British could focus all they military resources on America

• The moral of the Americans is low for supporting the French

• The British started using advanced weapons

• Americans were scared of Napolean's navy

Match the following topics that led to trade restrictions placed on America

• France

• England creates a _______ which stops America from trading with France.

• England and France

• ______ stops trading with America because they are afraid of losing ships

• Blockade

• ________ and ________ are at war

British kidnapping American sailors and forcing them to fight on British ships is known as

• Coercive

• Impressment

• Indentured Servants

• Colonists

England wanted to claim land west of the _____________ Mountains.

• Rocky

• Appalachian

• Sierra Nevada

• Blue Ridge

Why did some Native Americans ally with the British?

• The British promised to stop American westward expansion

• They were promised gold and silver

• No Native Americans supported the British

• Native Americans were loyal to Britain from the French and Indian War

After the war the United States gains ​ (a)   and becomes a world power

• legitimacy
• excessive powers
• control of the Mississippi River
• lands east of the Appalachian Moutnains

The Era of Good Feelings increases

• national unity

• nationalism

• sectionlism

• separation

Match the following characteristics of the Era of Peace.

• No foreign wars until 1898

• Years

• 1816-1898

• Monroe Doctrine

• Size and Wealth

• US Expands

• Eurpeans should not create settlements

• Wars

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Causes

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(b) Effects

• Britain forced out of Canada

• Era of Good Feelings

• Trade restrictions placed upon America

• Era of Peace

• US gains legitimacy

• Land interests west of Appalachian Mountains

• Impressment of American sailors

• Native Americans attack settlers in the Great Lakes/Ohio River regions