Answer 1
Answer: D
Answer 2
Answer: A
Answer 3
Answer: B
Answer 4
Answer: D
Answer 5
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Although the Treaty of Ghent had already been negotiated, news did not reach the Americans until after the Battle of New Orleans.
b. The Battle of New Orleans was an American victory and made Andrew Jackson into a national hero.
c. Comparisons of the Battle of New Orleans to the Battle of Yorktown and references to Jackson as a second George Washington indicate that Americans saw the War of 1812 as a second war of independence from which Americans once again emerged the victor.
d. Although the United States did not acquire any new territory from Britain, the American governments postwar Indian removal policy opened new lands for westward expansion.
e. This gave Americans the impression that the war had expanded the territorial boundaries of the United States.
Answer 6
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Tecumseh campaigned for Indian unity and created a confederation of Indian tribes to fight the Americans and drive them out of Indian lands.
b. When the War of 1812 broke out, he sided with the British and against the Americans.
c. Not all Indian tribes joined Tecumsehs confederation; some joined on the American side.
d. Indians that allied with the Americans thought they could broker better terms by cooperating rather than fighting the Americans.
e. Some Indians, such as William Weatherford, started out fighting the Americans and later surrendered because they saw the futility of continued resistance.