US History Chapter 8 1770-1828

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  1. 5. The British navy began to capture American ships and _____ (take without notice) American sailors, forcing them to serve on British warships.
  2. 6. "Father of the Constitution" who was President in 1809.
  3. 10. Governor of the Indiana Territory, William Henry ____, defeated the Indians in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
  4. 11. The most violent earthquake in American history centered near the town of New Madrid, Missouri, was the New ____ Quake.
  5. 13. Canadian fur traders were beginning to supply Indians with ____.
  6. 14. The Speaker of the House and a leading War Hawk, Henry ___, warned that the Canadian British were stirring up the Indians to attack settlers in the West.
Down
  1. 1. American merchant ships trading in the Mediterranean Sea had to pay an annual tribute to the ___ Pirates, who controlled the northern shore of Africa.
  2. 2. A Shawnee chief and the Prophet's brother, began to organize the tribes for war against the American settlers west of the Appalachian Mts.
  3. 3. Jefferson didn't want to go to war with Britain or France and asked Congress to pass the ____ Act which stopped all trade with Europe.
  4. 4. This first secretary of the treasury died in a duel with Aaron Burr, Jefferson's Vice President.
  5. 7. Ignoring Jefferson's policy, British warships seized and ___ American ships trading with France.
  6. 8. The ____ learned from Canadian traders that an eclipse was going to occur and told his superstitious tribes that he was going to darken the sun and bring it back to life (in order to get them to war against Americans).
  7. 9. The War ____ was a group of Congressmen from the southern and western states who began to call war with Great Britain.
  8. 12. ___ Madison would serve as First Lady for a total of 16 years (served 8 years as Jefferson's (a widower) as hostess