SS JOURNAL UNIT 4 WEEK 2

WHO WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO DECLARE WAR?

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• JOHN ADAMS

• JAMES MADISON

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

WHAT COUNTRIES' WAR WAS CAUSING AMERICAN TRADE AND ECONOMY SUFFER?

• SPAIN AND GERMANY

• FRANCE AND BRITAIN

• MEXICO AND CANADA

• BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA

WHAT WERE THE MAIN CAUSES OF THE WAR OF 1812?

• THE BRITISH WERE BLOCKING AMERICAN TRADE AND REFUSED TO GIVE UP TERRITORY WEST

• THE BRITISH PROVIDED NATIVE AMERICANS WITH WEAPONS TO ATTACK

• THE BRITISH WERE CAPTURING AMERICAN SAILORS AND FORCING THEM TO FIGHT THE FRENCH

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

THE WAR OF 1812 BEGAN WHEN AMERICANS CAPTURED WHAT CITY?

• YORK

• WASHINGTON D.C.

• NEW ORLEANS

• ROME

WHY DID NAPOLEON SURRENDERING IMPACT AMERICA?

• IT SOLVED ALL OF AMERICA'S TRADE PROBLEMS

• IT ALLOWED BRITAIN TO FOCUS ENTIRELY ON FIGHTING THE US

• IT SHOWED FRANCE WAS A POWERFUL COUNTRY

• IT STOPPED BRITAIN FROM FIGHTING AMERICA

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF YORK?

• AMERICAN SURRENDERED

• AMERICAN TROOPS BURNED DOWN THE PARLIMENT BUILDING

• BRITAIN SURRENDERED

• NONE OF THESE

THE BRITISH ATTACKED WASHINGTON D.C IN AUGUST OF 1814 AND BURNED DOWN THE CAPITAL BUILDING AND THE WHITE HOUSE.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHAT WOMAN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HER DUTY AS FIRST LADY TO CARE FOR THE WHITE HOURSE AND ITS CONTENTS?

• BETSY ROSS

• SACAGAWEA

• MARTHA CUSTIS

• DOLLEY MADISON

DOLLEY MADISON WAS ABLE TO SAVE WHAT IMPORTANT ITEMS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FIRE?

• PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

• ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO BE HIDDEN

• ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF THE US CONSTITUTION TO BE HIDDEN

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

WHO WROTE THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AFTER WATCHING THE ATTACK ON FORT MCHENRY?

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

• JAMES MADISON