1. Susan M. Pojer
Edited by Jennifer Bishop
and Matt López

2. • What is Nationalism?
• What impact do you think
this war will have on
American Nationalism?

3. What does this map of the Election of 1812
tell you about the Federalist Party?

4. Background for the War
•What role did these events
play in leading America into the
War of 1812?
•Embargo Act – 1807
•Non-Intercourse Act 1809

5. Br. Gen. Brock Meets Tecumseh
Whose
side will
the Native
Americans
take?
Why?

6. “War Hawks”
John C. Calhoun [SC]
Henry Clay [KY]

7. Political Cartoon of the Period

8. “Mr. Madison’s War?”
• Asks for declaration of War
June 1, 1812

9. Overview
of the
War
of
1812

10. 3 U. S. Invasions of 1812
• “On to Canada!”
• Failed

11. Campaigns of 1813

12. Washington Burned-
August 1812
• As British Approach, Dolley
Madison packs up valuables
• Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of
Washington saved
• British Conduct mock trial,
burn White House
http://whha.org/whha_classroom/classroom_documents-1812.html

13. Battle of Fort McHenry,
1814
Oh Say Can You See
By the Dawn’s Early Light…
-- Francis Scott Key

14. Hartford Convention
December, 1814 – January, 1815

15. Treaty of Ghent (Belgium)
December 24, 1814

16. The Battle of New Orleans
January 8, 1815
What is the problem with this date?

18. Nationalism?
• What impact will this 2nd
War for Independence
have on the way
Americans feel about
American Identity? How
will they view
themselves?