Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Study Guide – Chapter 6.4 – The War of 1812
1. British interference with U.S. shipping, especially the practice of ___________________,
which involved the British seizing Americans citizens and forcing them to serve in the
British Navy, helped contribute to the call for war against the British.
2. The British interfered with American expansion on the western frontier by consistently
helping various ___________________________ groups rebel against American settlers.
3. The _______________________ were members of Congress, including Henry Clay and
John C. Calhoun, who were in favor of going to war with Great Britain.
4. ______________________________ was president of the U.S. during the War of 1812.
5. Because of their trade with Great Britain, many bankers, shippers, and merchants from
the region of ___________________________ were unhappy with the United States’
government’s decision to fight the British in the War of 1812.
6. People opposed to going to war with Great Britain were typically members of the
_____________________ Party, which was heavily concentrated in New England.
7. In 1814, Federalists opposed to the War of 1812 talked of secession and proposed
constitutional amendments that were not acted upon at the ________________________.
8. The Battle of ________________________ represented the biggest victory for the United
States during the War of 1812, and made a war-hero out of _______________________.
9. The American victory over the British in the War of 1812 produced an American claim to
the ____________________ Territory on the west coast.
10. The American victory over the British in the War of 1812 increased the migration of
American settlers into Spanish-owned ______________________, which was eventually
acquired by Treaty from the Spanish.