Social Studies 8 Ch 7 Sec 1 – Flashcards

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states in North Africa. These places were raided ships in those areas for years.
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Barbary Coast states
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or protection money
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tribute
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a twenty-five years old US Navy captain who took action. He snuck into a harbor and burned a captured ship to prevent the pirates from using it.
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Stephen Decatur
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a nation who was not involved in conflict and could have rights to sail the seas and not take sides.
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neutral rights
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when the British would force sailors on ships to serve in the British navy.
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impressment
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where the British waited outside American ships outside an American harbor in 1807 when the British ship, the Leopard, intercepted the American ship, Chesapeake.
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Virginia
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prohibits trade with another country. The embargo banned imports from and exports to all foreign countries.
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embargo
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was a state in 1803, but between 1801-1810 white settlers continued to press for more land in the Ohio valley.
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Ohio
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a powerful Shawnee chief built a confederacy or union among Native American nations in the northwest.
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Tecumseh
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Tecumseh's powerful ally- his brother Tenskeatawa who was known as the Prophet.
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the Prophet
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A group of Republicans elected into congress in 1810. They came from the South and the West. They pressured the president to declare war against Britain.
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War Hawks
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or loyalty to their country
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nationalism
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he was from Kentucky; one of the leading War Hawks.
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Henry Clay
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He was from South Carolina, another one of the leaders of the War Hawks.
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John Calhoun
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Tripoli agreed to stop demanding tribute in return for a $60,000 ransom for American prisoners.
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Describe the negotiations that ended the conflict between the US and Tripoli.
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Henry Clay and John Calhoun
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Who were the leading War Hawks?
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by allowing trade with both France and Britain.
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How did the conflict in Europe help the American shipping industry prosper?
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because the British sided with Native Americans.
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How did frontier battles with Native Americans intensify Americans' anti British feelings?
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