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WorksheetsWar of 1812
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does impressment mean?
a)
Forcing people to serve in the army or navy
b)
Trying hard to make someone like you
c)
Squeezing two things together really hard
d)
Forcing people into slavery
2.
How did the United States respond to Britain's impressment of American sailors?
a)
Passed the Monroe Doctrine
b)
Passed the Embargo Act of 1807
c)
Passed the Anti-Britain Law
d)
Passed the Roosevelt Corollary
3.
Who was the Shawnee chief who was challenging Americans who were settling west?
a)
Tecumseh
b)
Geronimo
c)
Sacagawea
d)
Sitting Bull
4.
What is a nickname for someone who favors war to settle issues between countries?
a)
War Doves
b)
War Eagles
c)
War Hawks
d)
War Pigeons
5.
What did Congress do for the first time in American history in June of 1812?
a)
Declared the Star Spangled Banner the national anthem
b)
Declared war on a foreign nation
c)
Declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday
d)
Declared summers off for public school children
6.
What did the British do to the American capital?
a)
Left it alone and continued on fighting the Americans
b)
Burned it down
c)
Was going to burn it but a massive hurricane destroyed it
d)
Nothing
7.
After Washington D.C. the British marched to Baltimore. Which fort was defending Baltimore?
a)
Fort McHenry
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Fort Necessity
d)
Fort Pitt
8.
What famous song was written during the battle of Baltimore? It started out as a poem.
a)
America the Beautiful
b)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
c)
Star-Spangled Banner
d)
Sweet Home Alabama
9.
What city did the British want to capture to control the Mississippi River?
a)
Paris
b)
London
c)
Rome
d)
New Orleans
10.
What future President defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans?
a)
William Henry Harrison
b)
James Monroe
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
John Tyler
11.
What treaty ended the War of 1812?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Versailles
c)
Treaty of Ghent
d)
Treaty of London
12.
Did the War of 1812 fix the problems we had with Britain concerning impressment and embargoes?
a)
Yes
b)
No
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