SS Unit 3 Study Guide

During the War of 1812, which US government building did British troops loot and burn?

• Congress Hall

• the White House

• Independence Hall

• the Old Capitol Prison

What led to the burning of Washington, DC, during the War of 1812?

• Fearing that British invaders would seek to capture the city, residents burned it to the ground and fled.

• British forces set fire to the city in retaliation for the destruction of property by US forces earlier in the war.

• Angered by their treatment by the US government, a group of American Indian leaders set fire to major buildings throughout the city.

• The federal government moved the US capital to a more defensible location and set fire to the city to hide any evidence of their actions.

The painting shows British ships attacking Fort McHenry while the American flag is flying above it. Where in the painting would Francis Scott Key have been while he watched the battle and wrote the words to the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

• onboard one of the British warships

• inside the farmhouse on the small hill

• onboard one of the small fishing boats

• inside the American fort near the water

Which of these was a reason many American Indians moved to reservations in the late nineteenth century?

• The reservations offered educational opportunities.

• Their traditional homelands were taken away from them.

• The reservations were established near their homelands.

• Their populations grew too large for their traditional lands.

0. With the enactment of the Homestead Act, the US government wanted American Indians to move onto reservations, sometimes hundreds of miles from their homelands, to make land available for those leaving the eastern United States to go out West. While many tribes resisted, the forced relocation onto reservations was especially difficult for nomadic tribes, like the Lakota, who were unaccustomed to substance farming. Armed conflict between the Lakota and US government forces, led by General Custer, became what is known as the Battle of __________ Bighorn

What conflict led to the events at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• The US government wanted to build fortifications on American Indian lands, and American Indians wanted to keep the land for farming.

• The US government wanted American Indians to become US citizens, and American Indians wanted to stay independent.

• The US government wanted American Indian tribes to move on to reservations, and American Indians wanted to continue their ways of life.

• The US government wanted to buy land from American Indian reservations, and American Indians did not want to sell their land.

Why did George Custer lead his troops against the Lakota and other American Indians at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

• to protect the farms of white settlers

• to recapture territory lost to American Indians

• to force the American Indians to move onto reservations

• to end a conflict between the Lakota and the Cheyenne tribes

To whom did the term "forty-niners" refer in the nineteenth century?

• Chinese immigrants who first arrived on the shores of California in 1849

• men and women who traveled to California during the Gold Rush in 1849

• the politicians elected to office during the first election in California in 1849

• French trappers who discovered California while searching for furs in 1849

Which of the following was an effect of the Louisiana Purchase?

• The United States doubled in size.

• The United States continued to purchase land so it could grow.

• People were angry over the cost of the land.

• People became interested in the affairs of other countries.

The expedition of Lewis and Clark started in St. Louis and traveled west in search of a water route to the __________ Ocean. They traveled up the Missouri River and down the Columbia River to the Pacific, across the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, as illustrated on the map.