U.S. Ch. 8 S4 Assignment
I.
Identify/Define the following:
1. Consequences
2. Oliver Hazard Perry
3. Battle of Lake Erie
4. Andrew Jackson
5. Treaty of Fort Jackson
6. Battle of New Orleans
7. Hartford Convention
8. Treaty of Ghent
II.
Answer the following questions correctly.
9. What were the U.S. Navy’s strengths and weaknesses early in the war?
10. Trace the events of the early battles along the Canadian border.
11. Why were the early battles of the War of 1812 fought along the
Canadian border?
12. Why did the British attach New Orleans?
13. How did the war progress in the East?
14. What was unusual about the Battle of New Orleans?
15. What advantages did Great Britain and the U.S. have at the start of the
war?
16. What was the result of the Battle of New Orleans?
17. What were the terms of the Treaty of Ghent?
18. Was the War of 1812 a success from the American point of view?
Justify your answer.
19. What losses did American forces face in the early battles of the War of
1812? What victories did American forces have?
20. What attacks did British forces lead against American forces?
21. What was the purpose of the Hartford Convention?
22. How did the United States benefit from the War of 1812?