1. Standard III

2. War of 1812 Impressments- kidnapping – The British would kidnap US sailors and force them to serve in the British Navy. War Hawks- people who pushed for war Native Americans teamed up with the British Canadians to fight against settlers taking the NA’s land

3. Important Battles Battle of Horseshoe Bend – Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks Battle of Fort McHenry – Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star Spangled Banner” Treaty of Ghent – Ended the war, but didn’t solve any problems Battle of New Orleans – Fought after the war ended, Jackson hero!

4. Battle of New Orleans

5. Consequences of War British and Americans returned to pre-war boundaries Other European nations recognized US as an independent nation Nationalism develops in US

6. Land Out West Land Ordinance of 1785 – Set the requirements for new territories to become states Northwest Ordinance – Allowed states to be formed and outlawed slavery in those states Louisiana Purchase – Thomas Jefferson purchased this land from Napoleon and France. Louis and Clark- explored the west

7. New Ideas Monroe Doctrine – James Monroe, stated that the US would not interfere in the affairs of other countries Indian Removal Act (Trail of Tears) – Andrew Jackson (spoils system side note) – Forced Native Americans to move from the Southeast onto reservations in Oklahoma – Many didn’t make it through the trip

8. Trails West Oregon Trail Mormon Trail California Trail – Gold found at Sutter’s Mill in Cali…1849! Santa Fe Trail

9. Inventions Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney Interchangable Parts- Eli Whitney Steam Powered Boat- Robert Fulton Steam Powered Locomotive- George Stephenson

10. Texas Independence Stephen Austin General Antonio Santa Anna Alamo

11. Mexican American War Manifest Destiny James K. Polk wanted to purchase California and New Mexico…Mexico refused Zachary Taylor moved in troops and Congress declared war on Mexico Mexico gave up California and New Mexico

12. Manifest Destiny

13. Writers Noah Webster- Dictionary Ralph Waldo Emerson- transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau- naturalist Walt Whitman- poet Nathaniel Hawthorne- Scarlet Letter Washington Irving- Sleepy Hollow Edgar Allen Poe- Raven, Tell-Tale Heart James Fenimore Cooper- Last of the Mohicans

14. More Writers Emily Dickinson- poet Herman Melville- Moby Dick Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Paul Revere’s Ride

15. Social Reform Utopia Education Reform- Horace Mann Prisons and Housing- Dorothea Dix Temperance Movement- against alcohol Abolitionism- against slavery

16. Abolitionists Harriet Tubman Frederick Douglass Harriet Beecher Stowe Sojourner Truth William Lloyd Garrison Underground Railroad

18. Women’s Rights Movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Seneca Falls Convention

19. Review Questions Name a battle in the Texas war for Independence. Who wrote Moby Dick? Who is known for starting the Underground Railroad? What is the term for kidnapping sailors? What battle of the War of 1812 was fought after the war was over?

20. Review Questions Who wrote the “Star Spangled Banner”? What doubled the size of the US? Who went on an expedition out west? Name one trail used to travel out west.