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Who were the two men called war Hawks who pressured the US president into declaring war?

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Those two men were Henry Clay and John Calhoun.
They were called War Hawks because they wanted to start a war - they were members of the Congress who urged the President to declare war. This happened in 1812, when America waged a war against Britain because of some violations.
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