USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On June 17, 1812, the Senate approved a House-passed resolution declaring war with Great Britain, with three amendments, by a vote of 19-13. President James Madison signed it into law the following day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, Wilson led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The British impressment of American seamen and the seizure of cargoes impelled Madison to give in to the pressure. On June 1, 1812, he asked Congress to declare war. The young Nation was not prepared to fight; its forces took a severe trouncing.

Detailed explanation-4: -Roosevelt requested a declaration of war citing the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces’ attack on the United States Pacific Fleet in the Pearl Harbor bombing one day earlier. Approved near-unanimously with only one dissenting vote in the entire Congress from Jeannette Rankin.

Detailed explanation-5: -The War of 1812 was called “Mr. Madison’s War” primarily because James Madison was the President of the United States during the war, and it was he who asked Congress for a declaration of war against Great Britain.