WorksheetsQuarter 3 Unit 2
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who wrote the poem that became the Star-Spangled Banner (our national anthem)?
Andrew Jackson
Francis Scott Key
Sacagawea
Meriwether Lewis
Who was the Shoshone woman who served as a translator and guide for the Corp of Discovery/Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
Pocahontas
Phyllis Wheatley
Molly Pitcher
Under Thomas Jefferson, the ___________________________________ was a huge piece of land that the US purchased from France for $15 million.
New York
Oregon Land Mass
Louisiana Purchase
Canada
The group of Lewis and Clark and 30 men was konwn as the _________________________________________ and they were sent to explore the new territory.
Mountain People
Colonial Explorers
Crew
Corps of Discovery
Who was Thomas Jefferson's personal secretary that was sent on the expedition as an outdoorsman who loved plants and animals?
Andrew Jackson
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Francis Scott Key
Who was one of the leaders of the Corps of Discovery who made maps and kept journals and notes?
William Clark
Andrew Jackson
Meriwether Lewis
Francis Scott Key
What was known as "Old Hickory?" He was the commander of US forces in the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans. (Hint: our school is named after him!!!!)
Francis Scott Key
William Clark
Andrew Jackson
Meriwether Lewis
________________________________ occurred when British sailors would board American ships and force American sailors to fight with them against France. (Hint: This was a cause of the War of 1812).
Impressment
Mismanagement
Shipwreck
The Star Spangled Banner (our national anthem) was written during the War of 1812 by Francis Scott Key when the British attacked ____________________________________.
Boston
Fort McHenry
Canada
Yorktown
Andrew Jackson's army made up of volunteer farmers, frontiersmen, African Americans, Choctaw tribesmen, and pirates were able to defeat the British at the _________________________________________ in 1814.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Saratoga
The War of 1812 was mostly caused by British forcing American sailors to fight with them against ___________________________.
France
Spain
Belgium
Germany
The only time a foreign force has taken the US Capitol was for one day in 1814. It was taken by the ______________________ when they set fire to Washington DC and burned the White House.
Spanish
French
Canadians
British
In Washington DC, the British burned the Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, and the ____________________________________.
Zoo
Lincoln Memorial
White House
Smithsonian Institute
