Chapter 6 Quiz

What was the act of forcibly recruiting sailors into military service, a key issue leading to the War of 1812?

• Impressment

• Conscription

• Enlistment

• Drafting

What agreement signed in 1814 ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war boundaries but not addressing the issues of impressment or trade rights?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Utrecht

Which political party in the early United States opposed the War of 1812, leading to its decline after the war due to its perceived lack of patriotism?

• Federalist Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Whig Party

• Know-Nothing Party

Who were the aggressive young politicians that took the lead in Congress to demand going to war against Britain?

• War Hawks

• Peace Doves

• Liberty Boys

• Freedom Fighters

Who was the Shawnee Native warrior who wanted to preserve Native culture and united Native nations in an armed resistance against American expansion?

• Tecumseh

• Sitting Bull

• Crazy Horse

• Geronimo

Who was the lawyer who observed the British attack on Fort McHenry and celebrated the American victory by writing a poem that later became the national anthem?

• Francis Scott Key

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• James Madison

Which battle, fought after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, became a significant American victory in the War of 1812?

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• Battle of Lake Erie

• Battle of York

• Battle of New Orleans

What was the name of the American naval commander who famously declared, 'We have met the enemy and they are ours,' after a victory on Lake Erie?

• John Paul Jones

• David Farragut

• Stephen Decatur

• Oliver Hazard Perry

Which U.S. President declared war on Britain, marking the beginning of the War of 1812?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

• John Quincy Adams

The War of 1812 was fought in all of these areas EXCEPT

• The American Northeast

• Great Britain

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Great Lakes