War of 1812 and Era of Good Feelings Review

1) The practice of forcing captured USA sailors to serve in British naval crews was called what?

(B) sea-slaving

(D) requisitioning

2) Which USA warship was illegally attacked, detained, and boarded by a British ship (Leopard) in 1807, causing a major scandal?

(A) Wasp

(B) Monitor

(D) Constitution

3) What area of the United States was dominated by the Federalist Party?

(A) South

(B) New England

(D) Ohio Valley

4) Jefferson and Madison were both from which party?

(A) Federalists

(B) Whigs

(D) Tories 5) Which of the following men was a leading member of the War Hawks?

(A) Henry Clay

(B) George Washington

(D) Thomas Jefferson

6) Who served as Jefferson's Secretary of State, taking over the presidency when Jefferson left in 1808?

(A) Samuel Smith

(B) Albert Gallatin

(D) Henry Clay

7) Which city's harbor did Fort McHenry guard the entrance to?

(A) Boston

(B) St. Augustine

(D) Baltimore

8) Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

(A) Isaac Brock

(B) Albert Gallatin

(D) Alexander Hamilton

9) What is it called when a state evokes the principle of States' Rights and leaves the Union?

(A) Silurian

(B) Breaking-away

(D) Succession

10) Which US region seemed most likely to secede during the War of 1812?

(A) Ohio Valley

(B) South

(D) New England

11) Instead of war in 1807, which President preferred an embargo?

(A) Monroe

(B) Adams

(D) Madison

12) What was the name of James Madison's wife?

(A) Holly

(B) Molly

(D) Piggy

13) What is Madison's wife most famous for saving from the British?

(A) Washington's Portrait

(B) The Constitution

(D) The President's gold ingots.

14) What state did Henry Clay represent?

(A) Georgia

(B) New York

(D) Virginia

15) What tribe was Tecumseh from?

(A) Sioux

(B) Iroquois

(D) Cherokee

16) What area was Tecumseh trying to protect from white settlement?

(A) Ohio Valley

(B) California

(D) The Mississippi River Valley

17) What was Tecumseh's brother called?

(A) The Seeker

(B) Sitting Bull

(D) Crazy Horse

18) William Henry Harrison was most famous for which battle?

(A) Leipzig

(B) Horseshoe Bend

(D) Tippecanoe

19) Andrew Jackson was also known by what nickname?

(A) Bear-killer

(B) Stumpy

(D) Big J

20) Which of Andrew Jackson's battles was fought after a War had already ended?

(A) Horseshoe Bend

(B) New Orleans

(D) Tippecanoe

21) Which American-Indian group was Andrew Jackson fighting in 1813 and during parts of 1814?

(A) Lakota

(B) Sioux

(D) Shawnee

22) Which disastrous battle did US lose which allowed Washington DC to be burned?

(A) Baltimore

(B) New Orleans

(D) Tippecanoe

23) Who commanded British ground forces at the Battle of New Orleans?

(A) Thomas Cochrane

(B) Robert Ross

(D) John Quincy Adams

24) In addition to New Orleans, Andrew Jackson won a major victory against the Creeks at:

(A) Tippecanoe

(B) Ghent

(D) Bladensburg 25) Tecumseh died defending what area?

(A) His native homeland in the Ohio River Valley

(B) The Mississippi River Valley

(D) Lake Champlain

26) What was the Battle of Bladensburg often called, due to the swift American retreat?

(A) Bladensburg freefall

(B) Bladensburg Retreat

(D) Bladensburg Sprint

27) What treaty ended the War of 1812?

(A) Treaty of Versailles

(B) Treaty of Paris

(D) Treaty of Ghent

28) What event led to the death of the Federalist Party?

(A) Treaty of Ghent

(B) Battle of New Orleans

(D) Congress of Vienna

29) Which state did NOT send a delegate to the Hartford Convention?

(A) Massachusetts

(B) Georgia

(D) New Hampshire

30) The War of 1812 sheltered and protected which new sector of the US economy?

(A) Manufacturing

(B) Shipping

(D) Services

31) What did Henry Clay's "American System" include plans for?

(A) Roads, Bridges and Canals

(B) Hot-air balloons

(D) An expanded army and navy

32) Which of the following US War of 1812 military heroes went on to later become US President?

(A) Oliver Hazard Perry

(B) Samuel Smith

(D) William Henry Harrison