Students-I am out today.

Today the students will watch the video below, which is about 20 minutes long.

Afterwards, they will write these terms into their history folders.

Warhawk- a person who favors starting an armed conflict instead of avoiding one through diplomatic means.
Patriotism-strong feelings of pride in one’s country
Blockade-an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Nationalism-identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
Treaty of Ghent-Treaty enacted on December 24, 1814 that ended the war of 1812 between the United States and Britain