War of 1812

The British policy of kidnapping American seamen from naval vessels to serve in the British Navy was known as..

• Traffiking

• Impressment

• Seizing

• Confiscating

Who was president when in 1812?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Madison

The group of Congressional members who supported war with Britain were known as what?

• War Hawks

• Fierce Falcons

• Copperheads

• Federalists

When war broke out in June 1812, Americans tried to invade what British colony?

• Ireland

• Jamaica

• Canada

• Cuba

The act of forbidding trade with another country is called...

(a)  

What was the name of the Shawnee Indian chief who aided the British?

• Tecumseh

• Little Turtle

• Tarhe

• Blue Jacket

What American city did the British burn in 1814?

(a)  

The Battle of Lake Erie was fought at what location?

• Niagara Falls

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• Put-in-Bay

Which future U.S. president served as the general during the Battle of New Orleans (1815)?

• John Quincy Adams

• James Monroe

• William H. Harrison

• Andrew Jackson

The Treaty of Ghent which ended the war was signed in what country?

• France

• Belgium

• Germany

• Britain