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Name: __________________________________
Handout #5.
JAMES MADISON:
Election and two wars
Election 1808:
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Jefferson follows Washington’s precedent and
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1808 election winner: ______________________________________
o Father of the Constitution
o Author of __________________________
o ________________________________
Tecumseh:
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Northwest
Territory
Native Americans protested Treaty
______________________________________
of Greenville which forced them to cede (give up)
Land in the Northern Territory
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Tecumseh and the Prophet, lead resistance
Two Shawnee brothers, __________________________________________
Alliance of native tribes in the Northern west Territory to combat
o Organized ___________________________________
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white settlement
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Message to __________________________________
retain traditional native ways and nit assimilate to white culture
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Assimilate: To become like; in this case to convert to white culture
(education, lifestyle, beliefs, etc.)
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recruit more tribes to the alliance
Tecumseh traveled to the Southern states to ____________________________________________
o Those tribes were also _________________________________________
Experiencing the same encroachment of white settlers on their land
o Left his brother in charge of the alliance
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Us army led by William Henry Harrison attacked the alliance
While he was gone, the ____________________________________________________________
Battle of Tippecanoe, Harison's forces defeated the natives
o At the ___________________________________________________
Shatters the native alliance Tecumseh had built
▪ __________________________________________________
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Sidenote: Harrison will become a national hero for this effort and will eventually propel him to the presidency
in 1841 with his vice president John Tyler. The campaign slogan they use to encourage support for their ticket
will be “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!”
CREEK WAR:
Five civilized tribes in the Southern US
Creek tribe one of the ______________________________________________
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Tribes that had developed ties to white culture
Five Civilized Tribes: ______________________________
(ie: had assimilated to white culture)
Northwest
Territory
(Tecumseh
)
o Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, _____________________
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Creek heard Tecumseh’s message
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Divided over traditional ways and assimilation
Creek
Nation
Reject Tecumseh's message calles white sticks
o Creek that _________________________________
Peaceful relations with white americans
o Continue having _____________________________
o Creek that _________________________________
o Began launching _____________________________
US government sent _____________________________________________________
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______________________________________________
one of main leaders in putting down Red Stick resistance
o ____________________________________
o
____________________________________ (hickory a
type of wood that does is very strong and tough)
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Jackson and ____________________________________________________________________
o Red Sticks forced to sign Treaty of Fort Jackson
o _________________________________________________________________________
o _________________________________________________________________________
War of 1812:
Embargo Act repealed
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Britain still attacking US ships and impressing US sailors
President Madison trying to determine whether or not to go to war with Britain
Arguments FOR war:
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Arguments AGAINST war: The _______________________ opposed war with Britain.
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In 1812, President _____________________________________________________
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(Constitution: Only Congress can declare war)
Congress _____________________________________!
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This is the second time the US has been to war against the British in aout 30 years
Why would Federalists vote against the war?