USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What American general led efforts to defeat the natives at Tippecanoe?
A
Anthony Wayne
B
Ulysses Grant
C
James Madison
D
William Henry Harrison
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The organized resistance prompted Governor William Henry Harrison to lead roughly 1, 000 soldiers and militiamen to destroy the Shawnee village “Prophetstown, ” named for Tecumseh ’s brother Tenskwatawa, “the Prophet, ” and designed by Tecumseh to be the heart of the new Native American confederacy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Let us know. Battle of Tippecanoe, (November 7, 1811), victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh’s brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Henry Harrison won a landslide victory in the presidential election in 1840, in part because of his reputation as the hero of 1811’s Battle of Tippecanoe.

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