WorksheetsWar of 1812 Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 52mins
Select the 2 countries who were fighting in the War of 1812
United States of America
Great Britain
France
Germany
True or false, the Americans had fewer than 20 ships?
True
False
How many attacks were planned during the Battles Along the Canadian Border?
Quatre
Dix
Trois
Zero
When was the Treaty of Ghent signed?
1914
1814
1812
1901
How many ships did the U.S. Navy have during the war?
200
less than 20
1812
more than 50
How were the British affected by the United States’ victory at Lake Erie?
They lost the war
They lost Fort McHenry
Their alliance with Native Americans weakened immensely
Nothing
Who won the attack on Fort Mims (the Creek War)?
Great Britain
America
Native Americans
California
The Battle of New Orleans, the last major conflict of the war, made which military commander a hero?
George Washington
James Madison
Oliver Hazard Perry
Andrew Jackson
Which treaty, signed in 1814, ended the Creek War?
The Treaty of Fort Jackson
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Belgium
How many hours did the British shell the fort for?
(a)
How many out of the 3 attacks along the Canadian border did America win?
(a)
Why did the British choose to retreat instead of continuing to fight?
Where did the British attack first?
San Diego, CA
Newark, NJ
Washington, D.C.
Manhattan, NY
What word describes the feeling Americans felt after the war?
(a)
Unscramble this word to find the name of the Shawnee warrior who supported the British forces:
STMECHUE
(a)
___________ ships were scattered across the globe during the ___________.
American,
War at Sea
American,
Battle of New Orleans
British,
British Attacks in the East
British,
War at Sea
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)
Which treaty, signed in 1814, ended the War of 1812?
(a)
