Instructions:Instructions: Divide 1 piece of notebook paper into fourths (four sections)Divide 1 piece of notebook paper into fourths (four sections) This will be your opening paper for the next four openingsThis will be your opening paper for the next four openings When it is FULL (4 openings) then you will turn it inWhen it is FULL (4 openings) then you will turn it in

Opening Today: Look at this painting and describe it

How do these match up? Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ! Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Social Studies 6 WMS

1. Napoleonic Wars France and Britain at war  Britain impressed (captured and forced to serve in military) over 6,000 American sailors

2. Chesapeake-Leopard “Affair” June 21, June 21, Br. Captain fired on the USS Chesapeake. Br. Captain fired on the USS Chesapeake. 3 dead, 18 wounded. 3 dead, 18 wounded. Br. Foreign Office said it was a mistake. Br. Foreign Office said it was a mistake. Jefferson’s Response: Jefferson’s Response: Forbade Br. ships to dock in American ports. Forbade Br. ships to dock in American ports. Ordered state governors to call up as much as 100,000 militiamen. Ordered state governors to call up as much as 100,000 militiamen.

3. The Embargo Act (1807) The “OGRABME” Turtle

4. British recruit Indians British General Brock Meets with Tecumseh

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

“Mr. Madison’s War!”

American Problems The US was unprepared militarily: The US was unprepared militarily: Had a 12-ship navy vs. Britain’s 800 ships. Had a 12-ship navy vs. Britain’s 800 ships. Americans disliked a draft  preferred to enlist in the disorganized state militias. Americans disliked a draft  preferred to enlist in the disorganized state militias. Financially unprepared Financially unprepared

Overview of the War of 1812

Battle of Fort McHenry, 1814 Oh Say Can You See By the Dawn’s Early Light… -- Francis Scott Key The Star Spangled Banner#11B2CC

Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1814

The Battle of New Orleans, 1815

Effects of War “Era of Good Feelings” High morale (nationalism) Andrew Jackson--war hero