Battles: Battle of Tippecanoe (WH Harrison) 1811 Battle of Lake Erie (Oliver Perry) 1813 Burning of Washington, D.C. 1814 Battle of Fort McHenry-kept British from attacking Baltimore 1814 Battle of Thames River (William Henry Harrison)-Tecumseh killed 1813 Battle of Lake Champlain (Thomas Macdonough) 1814 Horseshoe Bend (Andrew Jackson)-ended power of British ally the Creek Nation 1814 Battle of New Orleans 1815 Key People: James Madison-President War Hawks (Clay & Calhoun) Francis Scott Key Tecumseh The Prophet (Tecumseh’s brother) William Henry Harrison Oliver Hazard Perry Andrew Jackson “Old Hickory” Key Terms: Hartford Convention (evolved from Essex Junto) 1814 Non Intercourse Act Macon’s Bill Number 2 “Mr. Madison’s War” Nationalism Era of Good Feelings Star Spangled Banner Effects/Aftermath: -restored the status quo ante bellum (state of things before the war) - No territory changed hands -weakens Native American resistance to US Gov. -Americans begin expanding West -Post war Panic (Panic of 1819)-BUS had expired in 1811 -Nationalism (Federalists have died)-Era of Good Feelings APUSH War Chart: Texan War for Independence Years: 1835-1836 Mexico Causes: -Manifest Destiny -Mexico offered opportunity for American settlers to farm Northern part of Texas -In 1830, Mexico closed further immigration Sides: US. (Texans) v Mexico
-Doughboys -Trench Warfare -Washington Naval Conference/Kellogg Briand Pact Effects/Aftermath: -Treaty of Versailles-1919 (Germany-War guilt, reparations, no military) -Russia pulls out of WWI because of the Communist Bolshevik Revolution -Wilson embarked on a 9,000 mile train trip across America to defend his League of Nations—suffered a stroke -creates 1st Red Scare in US-A Mitchell Palmer & J Edgar Hoover -Chicago Race Riots -1919 IWW Seattle General Strike -1920’s become a “Return to Normalcy” (time before Progressive Era; Laissez-Faire; Nativism) -US remains isolationist (Nye Committee-found Americas banking and munitions interests, “merchants of death,” had brought US into WWI to protect their loans and weapons sales to Britain and France) -Post-war Economic “Boom” APUSH War Chart: WWII Years: 1939-1945 US-1941-1945 European Theatre (Allies v Axis powers) Pacific Theatre (US & Australia v Japanese) Africa (Allies defending their colonies against the Axis)—Italy is close to N Africa Asia (Allies defending their colonies against the Axis) Causes: Long Term -Treaty of Versailles (allows Hitler to rise to power) Short Term -Hitler invades Poland (Appeasement Fails) US in WWII -Pearl Harbor Sides: Allies (Britain, France, Soviet Union, & US) v Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan) Battles: Europe -Stalingrad (turning point in East Europe) -Operation Overlord/DDay (turning point in West Europe) -Battle of the Bulge Pacific -Midway (turning point in Pacific) -Iwo Jima -Okinawa
APUSH War Chart: Korean War Years: 1950-1953 Korea Causes: Containment of Communism Sides: United Nations (US)/South Korea v China/North Korea Battles: Key People: President Truman General MacArthur (fired because he wants to invade China) George Keenan’s Containment Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Key Terms: National Security Act 1947 Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine NATO China becomes Communist 38th Parallel DMZ Effects/Aftermath: -Communism Contained at 38th Parallel APUSH War Chart: Vietnam Conflict Years: (1955)1965-1975 Vietnam, Cambodia/Laos