Why was the united states unprepared to fight the war of 1812?

The U.S. was unprepared for war because, during Jefferson's Presidency, the military had been drastically cut as a part of his goal to reduce government. We had been trying to avoid war. We had been avoiding being brought into a war between England and France. 

b) criterion validity  

Explanation:

Criterion validity: In research methods & statistics, the term "criterion validity" is also referred as "concrete validity" and is described as the degree to which a particular measure is associated with a particular outcome. There are mainly two distinct types of criterion validity including predictive as well as concurrent validity.

Criterion validity is being helpful for the tests or study that measures behavior in any given scenario.

In the question above, the given statement signifies the "criterion validity".