Cause of War
What activity strained relations between Great Britain and the United States prior to the War of 1812?
Impressment
How did the British get to Washington, D.C.?
Through the Chesapeake Bay.
Which city has the lowest population density?
New Orleans
Which part of McCulloch v. Maryland was applicable to Gibbons v. Ogden?
The Supremacy Clause
Which political parties emerged in the 1820s? Select the two correct answers.
The Whig Party
The Democratic Party
Why did the Embargo Act of 1807 make Jefferson extremely unpopular?
It hurt merchants financially.
Who enlisted the help of servants and enslaved workers to save many government records from the White House before the British burned it?
Dolly Madison
Where did the United States give up land to New Spain?
West of the Sabine River.
What is the idea behind the Supremacy Clause?
That national laws and the Constitution are more important than state laws and take precedence.
What did Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party believe in?
They believed in giving more power to the common people and that the government needed to act on their behalf.
What two phrases describe the “war hawks” associated with the War of 1812? Select the two correct answers.
Young men who had not taken part in the American Revolution.
Congressional politicians who wanted to enter the War of 1812.
Which battle was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
Battle of New Orleans
"With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintain it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged,"
What United States position does this excerpt explain?
The Monroe Doctrine
What did Henry Clay and the Whig Party believe?
They believed that Andrew Jackson was becoming too powerful and that he was acting like a king.
"O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming"
Which battle is commemorated in this poem?
The Battle of Baltimore (Fort McHenry)
What were the three main parts of Henry Clay’s American System?
a national bank, protective tariffs, and improved transportation infrastructure
Explain why the outcome of the War of 1812 was important for the United States even though the country did not achieve a clear victory?
Students can and should use multiple reasons for why and quote sources to back up their answers.
Examples include: It created a sense of national unity, the British began to leave us alone, and we had defended our country.