War of 1812

What does impressment mean?

• Forcing people to serve in the army or navy

• Trying hard to make someone like you

• Squeezing two things together really hard

• Forcing people into slavery

How did the United States respond to Britain's impressment of American sailors?

• Passed the Monroe Doctrine

• Passed the Embargo Act of 1807

• Passed the Anti-Britain Law

• Passed the Roosevelt Corollary

Who was the Shawnee chief who was challenging Americans who were settling west?

• Tecumseh

• Sitting Bull

• Sacagwea

• Geronimo

What is a nickname for someone who favors war to settle issues between countries?

• War Doves

• War Eagles

• War Hawks

• War Pigeons

What did Congress do for the first time in American history in June of 1812?

• Declared the Star Spangled Banner the national anthem

• Declared war on a foreign nation

• Declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday

• Declared summers off for public school children

Oliver Hazard Perry's victory in this battle gave the U.S. Army new hope.

• Battle of the Thames

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Lake Erie

• Battle of Baltimore

What did the victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend give the United States?

• Canada

• Millions of acres of Creek Tribe land

• The Great Lakes

• France

Why did the British do to the American capitol?

• Left it alone and continued on fighting the Americans

• Burned it down

• Was going to burn it but a massive tornado destroyed it

• Nothing

After Washington D.C. the British marched to Baltimore. Which fort was defending Baltimore?

• Fort McHenry

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Pitt

What famous song was written during the battle of Baltimore? It started out as a poem.

• America the Beautiful

• Yankee Doodle Dandy

• Star-Spangled Banner

• Sweet Home Alabama