INSTRUCTIONS
The cards represent CAUSES of the WAR of 1812.
Put together into a pile those cards that
represent Underlying or Long Term Causes and a
separate pile for those that represent Immediate
or Short-Term Causes. Then try to put each pile
into a chain of events or chain reaction of cause
and effect. Be prepared to show your results to
the class and defend your reasoning.
Underlying/Long Term
Causes
British and French in
prolonged war
Non-Intercourse Act fails to stop
British and French from
interfering with US trade
British takeover of
American
merchant ships
Jefferson announces
a trade embargo
Years of trade
embargo causes
economic hardship for
American business
Immediate/Short Term
Causes
British impressment
of American sailors
Pressure from War
Hawks in Congress
US buildup of Navy
from Barbary coast
struggle with pirates
Louisiana Purchase
wets US appetite
for western lands
Underlying/Long Term
Causes
Immediate/Short Term
Causes
3
Effect Cause
Effect
Cause
Cause
4
Effect Cause
Effect
Pressure from War
Hawks in Congress
5
British Support of
Native American
attacks
6
British impressment
of American sailors
7
Years of trade
embargo causes
economic hardship
for American
business’
8
Western settlers
find Natives hostile
to their land grab
9
US buildup of Navy
from Barbary coast
struggle with pirates
10
Jefferson announces
a trade embargo
11
British takeover of
American merchant
ships
12
British and French in
prolonged war
13
Non-Intercourse Act
fails to stop British
and French from
interfering with US
trade
14
Louisiana Purchase
wets US appetite
for western lands
15
Defeat at Tippecanoe
convinces Indians that
they need help to stop
American intrusion;
they turn to Britain
16
Immediate/
Short Term
Causes
Underlying/Long Term
Causes
Louisiana Purchase
wets US appetite
for western lands
British and French
in prolonged war
US buildup of Navy
from Barbary coast
struggle with pirates
Western settlers
find Natives hostile
to their land grab
Jefferson announces
a trade embargo
Defeat at Tippecanoe convinces
Indians that they need help to
stop American intrusion; they
turn to Britain
British takeover of
American
merchant ships
British Support of
Native American
attacks
Pressure from War
Hawks in Congress
Non-Intercourse
Act fails to stop
British impressment British and French
of American sailors from interfering
with US trade
Years of
trade
embargo
causes
economic
hardship
for
American
business