History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1106 short lesson, about 20 seconds
New Orleans
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The idea
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January eighth, eighteen fifteen, after the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed.
In practice
Andrew Jackson's forces devastating the British and killing over two thousand.
Where people slip
The war's most famous American victory could not have affected its outcome. News had not crossed the Atlantic.
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