[APUSH] Freedom of the Seas and Wars with Europe (Lesson 11) – Flashcards
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France and England went to war in 1793 over European rivalries
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Both countries asked US for assistance
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Both countries prohibited US trade with the other
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US refused and both countries seized American ships and cargoes
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England seized American well as well (impressment)
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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Embargo Act 1807
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Nonintercourse Act 1809
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Macon's Bill #2 1810
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Chesapeake-Leopard clash in 1807
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Thousands of men seized by British (1803-1812)
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Hundreds of American ships searched and seized by British and French
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War declared against England in June 1812
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War supported by South and West
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"War Hawks" like Henry Clay, John C Calhoun, and Felix Grundy pushed the president into war, had hopes US would gain Canada by victory
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New England shippers opposed war, calling it "Mr Madison's War"
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War divided the country, yet Madison won reelection in 1812
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War began in Europe in July 1914
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Central powers fought Allied powers
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Both Germany and England blockaded their enemies
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German subs sank shipping ships without warning
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England searched American ships
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Woodrow Wilson
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Neutrality proclamation
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Lusitania protest
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Sussex pledge to stop the use of subs against neutral shipping
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Lusitania sunk May 1915 (1400 killed)
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Sussex pledge issued in 1916
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Zimmerman note 1917
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War declared against Germany in April 1917
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Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare led to war with Germany
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England seized many ships but did not take lives
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US waged war "to make world safe for democracy"
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US did not formally join military alliance with England and France
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