I was someone who believed that America should go to war with Britain in 1812. Who am I?

• Dolley Madison

• War Hawk

• Native Americans

• British

British Battleships fired cannonballs at me. They tried to sink me but they couldn't. What am I?

• USS Chesapeake

• USS Constitution/Old Ironsides

• War Hawk

Dolley Madison and the workers saved me when they escaped from the President's House. What am I?

• portrait of George Washington

• dinner menus

• golden statue

• telephone

Despite the bombardment by British warships, I was not captured and the next morning the US flag flew proudly above my walls. What am I?

• Baltimore

• Washington D.C.

• New York

• Fort McHenry

A town or city where a ship docks to trade and sell cargo is a port.

• True

• False

When French soldiers forced the US to join their Navy it was called impressment.

• True

• False

A treaty is an agreement between two countries.

• True

• False

To seize something is to give something.

• True

• False

The part of the military that protects and fights on land is the Navy.

• True

• False

A privateer is a ship (or a sailor on a ship) that was hired to attack and rob other ships during the War of 1812.

• True

• False