War of 1812 and Expansion

In addition to British troops, whom did the United States fight against during the War of 1812?

• Native Americans

• Barbary pirates

• French settlers

• Spanish soldiers

Which event increased Americans' suspicion that Britain supplied weapons to Native Americans living on the frontier?

• The Treaty of Ghent

• The Battle of Tippecanoe

• The Hartford Convention

• The Creek War

The very first battle of the War of 1812 occurred

• near Canada

• In the Atlantic Ocean

• on the Great Lakes

• On the East Coast

What did the British do during their invasion of Washington, D.C.?

• destroyed the Declaration of Independence

• burned the Constitution

• kidnapped Dolly Madison

• burned the Capitol and the White House

President Monroe claimed in his Monroe Doctrine speech that the US would

• pursue control of North America

• stay out of European affairs

• help independence movements in Latin America

• declare war on nations who interfered with trade in the US

What development provoked the announcement of the Monroe Doctrine?

• piracy in the Atlantic

• impressment of American sailors

• Spanish raids on American territories in Florida

• Russian control of Alaska

How did the results of the War of 1812 improve the US?

• They allowed the US to expand south and west.

• They gave the US room to grow since we became overpopulated

• The money the British gave the US allowed us to pay off debts

• Americans learned not to trust the British

What was a benefit of the treaties the US made after the war?

• The US expanded its land to the Pacific Ocean

• They allowed the country to focus on domestic issues instead of foreign problems.

• both answers

• neither answer

What's important about the Monroe Doctrine?

• The US is the dominant power in the western hemisphere.

• Monroe was a great President

• The US became the bully instead of the victim

• all of the above

Impessment is

• forcing an American crew to serve in the British navy

• using an American ship to fight for the British

• making captured crew members work as slaves.

• selling the cargo from a capture British ship