July 1814: Battle of Chippewa. American forces cross the Niagara River and attack British forces. "revenge" for the burning of Buffalo.
Aug 1814: British burn Washington DC to the ground in retaliation. Dolly Madison saves many papers and paintings, most notably the full size portrait of Washington.
Sept 1814: Battle of Plattsburg. This American victory helps to secure the northern border
Battle at Baltimore. Francis Scott Key will pen the future national anthem while he watches the British bombard Ft McHenry from a British vessel in the harbor.
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appeasement
Explanation:
there was an attempt to appease hitler, by allowing him to take over a country and no more, however after he took the rhineland and nothing happened he carried on with other countries, namely czechoslovakia soon after
C) power of television's influence in American politics.
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Explanation:
Despite the Eaton Affair, Jackson still managed to roll up his sleeves and accomplish his reform, retrenchment and economic plans.
Jackson took office with great expectations to cleanse government of corruption and restore the nation’s finances. Washington’s elite feared that Jackson would fire everyone that held government positions, even the competent, and replace them with his own people. Although Jackson replaced only about ten percent of the government officers he held power over, it was a high percentage compared to his predecessors.
The officers he replaced were largely inept, corrupt or were politically opposed to Jackson. For this, Jackson is credited with what he called “the principle of rotation in office,” but others would label it the “spoils system.”
Jackson kept a watchful eye over government expenditures and congressional appropriations. In one instance, he vetoed a road bill approved by Congress. On top of being too costly, the bill only benefitted one area of the country and failed to improve the nation’s defenses. Prior to Jackson, presidents had only vetoed legislation they believed to be unconstitutional. Jackson established a new principle of vetoing legislation as a matter of policy.
Jackson’s spending controls along with increased revenue enabled him to pay off the national debt in 1835 and keep the nation debt free for the remainder of his term. This is the only time in the nation’s history that the federal government was debt free.
Andrew Jackson is the only president in American history to pay off the national debt and leave office with the country in the black.
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The Cold War was important because it split the world into two rival sides that came into conflict with each other in a number of places around the world. This conflict has left us with, among other things, a huge aresenal of nuclear weapons, particularly in the US and in Russia.
