USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

WAR OF 1812

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who were the Warhawks?
A
Someone who wasn’t in favor of war
B
Someone who was in favor of war
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Known as the “War Hawks, ” they were mostly young politicians from hailing from the West and South. Led by new Speaker of the House Henry Clay, this small group of Jeffersonian Republicans pressed for a military confrontation to redress American grievances.

Detailed explanation-2: -The War Hawks pushed for war against Britain to punish them for hurting American prestige and to stop the alleged British instigation of American Indians upon American settlers. But most importantly they wanted to seize control of British Canada, which was still controlled by the King of England.

Detailed explanation-3: -Young, energetic politicians, mostly from the South and the West and known as War Hawks, initiated legislation designed to steer the United States towards war. Leaders of this group included Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, and Felix Grundy of Tennessee.

Detailed explanation-4: -As their name suggests, the War Hawks focused primarily on one thing: war. The War Hawks, mostly from the South and the Western Frontier, were so young that the other congressmen often called them the “boys".

Detailed explanation-5: -The War Hawks were a group of Republican Congressmen who, at the end of the first decade of the 1800s, demanded that the United States declare war against Great Britain, invade British Canada, and expel the Spanish from Florida.

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