Maritime History: The Growth of American Sea Power

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Morocco, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli were known as the _______ States.	*Decatur
*Barbary	The USS Constitution was known as "Old __________".
This country and the U.S. fought a "Quasi-War" between 1798 and 1800.	*Ironsides
*France	U.S. city burned by the British in the summer of 1814.
The first Secretary of the Navy was Benjamin ________.	*Washington
*Stoddert	The Treaty of ______ ended the War of 1812.
To avoid U.S. ships from being captured by the Barbary pirates, the U.S. had to pay ______ to Tripoli.	*Ghent
*Tribute	Official documents commissioning vessels as privateers are called Letters of ______.
President Jefferson's decision to only build small ships to defend the U.S. coastline was called _______ Diplomacy.	*Marque
*Gunboat	President Monroe helped establish this African nation for freed slaves.
America's enemy in the War of 1812.	*Liberia
*Britain	The U.S. went to war against this nation in 1846.
Name of the U.S. ship that sank the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812.	*Mexico
*Constitution	Commodore Matthew Perry commanded the squadron that opened U.S trade with what nation?
Captain Stephen _______ aboard the USS United States defeated the British frigate Macedonian in 1812.	*Japan