Which of the Following Contributed to the United States Going

question 107

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to the United States going to war in 1812?

• A) Madison's refusal to support Macon's Bill no. 2
• B) Great Britain's announcement that it would end the impressment of American sailors
• C) Congressional War Hawks who pressed for territorial expansion into Florida and Canada
• D) Tecumseh's victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe
• E) the Republican insistence on high tariffs

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Contractionary Gap

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