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Question: Controversial topics from the war of 1812!?
I have to write a term paper on the war of 1812!. But it has to be some kind of controversial topic that has a argument!. Any ideas!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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You could point out that the War of 1812 is an early example of something the US has become notorious for in the latter part of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st; i!.e it was a war fought to increase the domestic power of those who wage it, because the Republicans, while achieving none of their stated war objectives, decisively won the political battle with their opponents the Federalists!.

also, the battle that is used (in America) to claim that it was an American victory (as it is the only battle that was "won" by the US) that which took place at New Orleans actually happened after the Treaty of Ghent had been signed, so technically not part of the overall war at all!.

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The war started because, among other things, the British were blockading American ships and forcing any American sailors they caught into the British navy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com