War of 1812 Vocabulary

an alliance with a shared military command

• Confederation

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Impressment

a devotion to one's country

• Confederation

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Impressment

enforcement of military or naval service on able-bodied but unwilling men through crude and violent methods

• Confederation

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Impressment

loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole

• Confederation

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Impressment

members of Congress from the South and the West who called for war

• commenced

• decisive

• blockade

• War Hawks

to begin; has begun

• commenced

• decisive

• blockade

• War Hawks

clearly settling a dispute or question

• commenced

• decisive

• blockade

• War Hawks

an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

• commenced

• decisive

• blockade

• War Hawks