The War of 1812 Wk 15 Assessment

How did the Line Jackson help to win the battle against Great Britain?

• It was the last line of defence before conquering the mount of the Mississippi River

• Part of the Treaty of Ghent

• Was the line that Jackson wrote in the National Anthem

• How Andrew Jackson got the presidency in the years following

What was so important about purchasing the Louisiana Purchase?

• Important trading posts

• The American just wanted more land

• Because it was cheap to buy the land

• Control of the Mississippi River

What were the steps that brought the United States to declare war on Great Britain in 1812?

• America didn’t like still being controlled by the Britains

• The Louisiana Purchase was wanted by the British Government

• Force Britain to finally stop their interference with American independence at sea and in the Northwest Territory

• Britain didn’t like how James Madison was governing the United States

4. Who and why was the National Anthem written?

What were 3 successful battles of the American Navy?

Why were the American Indians wanting to side with the British instead of the Americans?

• The Americans were taking over the land that they were settled on

• There wasn’t a lot of natural resources

• They wanted to move away from the Americans that were settling there

• There was too many people nearby for them

Why was the U.S. Capitol building burned down?

• They wanted to make a modern building.

• First Lady Dolly Madison wanted to have only the portrait of George Washington and a few other items and didn’t want to remember anything else.

• The British Navy bombed the building down.

• The British controlled Chesapeake Bay and Burned the Capitol building and the White House to show their dominance on the United States.

Who were the two countries that formed the Treaty of Ghent?

• America and France

• France and Britain

• Britain and America

• Canada and Britain

What treaty made the United States a permanent country in the eyes of the world?

• War of 1812

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Louisiana

• Louisiana Purchase

What were the two major challenges that the new nation of the United States had at home and abroad?