K.A.D. - 8th Grade Social Studies, War of 1812 and the Louisiana Purchase

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Across
  1. 3. The British launched a failed attack against ______.
  2. 4. The French leader who sold Louisiana to Jefferson.
  3. 8. The treaty signed by the British and Americans allowing their territory to be restored to its boundaries before the war.
  4. 13. People who worked for wealthy white farmers.
  5. 14. The amount of states added to the United States after the Louisiana Purchase.
  6. 15. A large river in the U.S. often used for transportation.
  7. 18. The name most historians call the War of 1812.
Down
  1. 1. The Lieutenant who Jefferson sent on two expeditions who discovered the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains for the Americans.
  2. 2. The person who created the poem “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
  3. 5. The person who led the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
  4. 6. A continuation of conflict beginning in the 1790s when Great Britain fought against France during its revolution.
  5. 7. The allies of the British during the war of 1812.
  6. 9. The town Americans attacked and burned down the parliament buildings.
  7. 10. The person who commanded the Lake Erie naval forces during the attack on Lake Erie.
  8. 11. The price that Louisiana Purchase sold for.
  9. 12. The French prime minister who told the Americans the entire Louisiana Territory was for sale.
  10. 16. A fancier word for warships.
  11. 17. An important building the British burned down during the storming of Washington D.C.