Chapter XII: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

REVISED

1. Describe the military campaigns of 1812 and 1813.
2. Even though the United States tended to demonstrate profound incompetence in most of the military engagements in 1812 and 1813, England didn't invade us then. Why not?
   
3. How did England's military strategy regarding the War of 1812 change in 1814?
   
4. What was the worst military outcome of 1814, what was the best? Why?
5. Why was the Battle of New Orleans unnecessary? What was its outcome? Who benefited most directly from the outcome?
6. Why did the British order their naval captains to sail in pairs or greater number of ships by 1813?
   
7. How did the result of the Treaty of Ghent contrast with War Hawk aims in 1812?
   
8. What was the Hartford Convention all about, and why was it mostly ignored?
   
9. Why was 1815 such an important date in European History?
10. Explain Henry Clay's American System. What kinds of problems would he have in trying to get the nation to do it?
11. Why has the presidency of James Monroe been nicknamed the "Era of Good Feelings"? To what extent is the nickname an accurate description of the politics of the time?
12. What tends to happen when a capitalist system expands very rapidly? What can be done to avoid the negative side-effects?
13. What was Jefferson referring to with his statement about a "firebell in the night"? To what extent was his concern met in 1820?
14. How did John Marshall extend federalist principles from his seat on the Supreme Court?
15. Which of Marshall's decisions mentioned in this chapter has had the greatest effect on the country? Why?
16. How was the settlement of the dispute over the Oregon Country in such great contrast with how we handled Florida?
17. Why did John Quincy Adams think that the Monroe Doctrine should be a unilateral expression of American foreign policy rather than a bilateral agreement with the British?
18. What did the Monroe Doctrine say? What did the European governments think of it? What did the people of Latin America think of it?
19. What is sectionalism? How is it a product of some of the happenings of this period in American history?
    
20. Identify:
    
    • John C. Calhoun,
      
    • Andrew Jackson
      
    • Henry Clay
      
    • John Quincy Adams
      
    • James Monroe
      
    • Daniel Webster
      
    • the Willamette Valley
      
    • 54 40'
      
    • James Madison
      
    • William H. Harrison
      
    • Tecumseh
      
    • Thomas MacDonough
      
    • Oliver H. Perry
      
    • "Old Ironsides"