War of 1812 Sponge Quiz

Who was president during the War of 1812?

• James Monroe
• John Adams
• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson

James Madison didn’t want to get involved in the fighting, so he tried to keep the United States neutral.

• False

• True

Which president warned America in his farewell address to avoid entangling alliances with foreign countries.

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• John F. Kennedy

Identify which country was impressing American sailors.

• France
• Great Britain
• Spain
• Germany

Impressment is_____________

• The capturing of US sailors and forcing them to work for the British

• Selling US sailors

• Capturing US sailors

• The French capturing US sailors and forcing them to work for them.

Who was the Shawnee Chief that wanted to form a confederacy to unite all Native Americans to stop white settlers from moving onto Native American lands?

• Blackfoot

• Tecumseh

• Crazy Horse

• Sitting Bull

Tecumseh teamed up with what country to try to take down the Americans...

• Great Britian
• France
• Canada
• Mexico

What are causes of the War of 1812?

• British supporting Native American resistance against the U.S , Impressment of Sailors and British interference of U.S. Maritime Trade.

• Interference with US shipping and French embargo

• Impressment of sailors and Treaty of Ghent

• Increase manufacturing and British supporting US citizens.

Who were the War Hawks?

• Men from the Northeast who want to go to war

• Women who fought in the War of 1812

• Men from the South and West who want to go to war and expand U.S. territory.

• Men from the South and North who do NOT want to go to war

What was one of the effects of the war of 1812?

• Ended British Impressment of American sailors

• Slowed American manufacturing

• Native Americans were never an issue again

• Britain gained lands in modern day Washington.