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War of 1812 Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the 2 countries who were fighting in the War of 1812

a)

United States of America

b)

Great Britain

c)

France

d)

Germany

2.

True or false, the Americans had fewer than 20 ships?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How many attacks were planned during the Battles Along the Canadian Border?

a)

Quatre

b)

Dix

c)

Trois

d)

Zero

4.

When was the Treaty of Ghent signed?

a)

1914

b)

1814

c)

1812

d)

1901

5.

How many ships did the U.S. Navy have during the war?

a)

200

b)

less than 20

c)

1812

d)

more than 50

6.

How were the British affected by the United States’ victory at Lake Erie?

a)

They lost the war

b)

They lost Fort McHenry

c)

Their alliance with Native Americans weakened immensely

d)

Nothing

7.

Who won the attack on Fort Mims (the Creek War)?

a)

Great Britain

b)

America

c)

Native Americans

d)

California

8.

The Battle of New Orleans, the last major conflict of the war, made which military commander a hero?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Oliver Hazard Perry

d)

Andrew Jackson

9.

Which treaty, signed in 1814, ended the Creek War?

 


a)

The Treaty of Fort Jackson

b)

The Treaty of Ghent

c)

The Treaty of Paris

d)

The Treaty of Belgium

10.

How many hours did the British shell the fort for?

(a)  

11.

How many out of the 3 attacks along the Canadian border did America win?

(a)  

12.

Why did the British choose to retreat instead of continuing to fight?

4 lines
13.

Where did the British attack first?

a)

San Diego, CA

b)

Newark, NJ

c)

Washington, D.C.

d)

Manhattan, NY

14.

What word describes the feeling Americans felt after the war?

(a)  

15.

Unscramble this word to find the name of the Shawnee warrior who supported the British forces:

STMECHUE

(a)  

16.

___________ ships were scattered across the globe during the ___________.

a)

American,

War at Sea

b)

American,

Battle of New Orleans

c)

British,

British Attacks in the East

d)

British,

War at Sea

17.

Read Mme. Fontaine's og rap, take a minute to recognize her mad skills, and then answer the question below:

Ol' Prez Madison was forced to flee

His home in Washington D.C.

One dreary night the British came

(their reputation was thought to be tame)

Instead they fired, flame by flame

And I hate to say it, they had decent aim

It's true that while their actions were radical,

one American died

and that sure is tragical

sometimes folks, history's magical

and sometimes bad guys burn down the Capitol.

What was one of the key reasons the British attacked and burned Washington, D.C., in 1814 during the War of 1812?

(a)  

18.

Which treaty, signed in 1814, ended the War of 1812?

(a)