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

• Geronimo

• Sacagawea

• Sitting Bull

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

What did the British do to the American capital?

• Left it alone and continued on fighting the Americans

• Burned it down

• Was going to burn it but a massive hurricane 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

What city did the British want to capture to control the Mississippi River?

• Paris
• London
• Rome
• New Orleans

What future President defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans?

• William Henry Harrison

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson

• John Tyler