The Beginning of Our National Anthem

Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem during the ___________.

• Revolutionary War
• War of 1812
• Civil War
• Vietnam War

Key studied to be a ___________________.

• teacher
• lawyer
• doctor
• architect

Key and a colonel were taken aboard a ________ ship.

• Irish
• Spanish
• British
• American

Key and the colonel were held prisoners on the ship.

• True
• False

The British planned to attack __________________.

• Fort Charles
• Fort Paine
• Fort Morgan
• Fort McHenry

After the night of cannon fire, Key could still see the _________.

• fort
• boat
• stars
• flag

Key wrote a ______________ about what he saw.

• story
• letter
• poem
• essay

Key's poem became the national anthem.

• True
• False

The flag Key saw that night was destroyed.

• True
• False

The National Anthem shows the __________ we have in the United States.

• love
• pride
• hate
• anger