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Odds & Ends
"Star-Spangled..."
100
Event that created outrage among Americans in June of 1807.
What is the "Attack on the Chesapeake"?
100
Writer of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Who is "Francis Scott Key"?
100
Regions of the U.S. where support is greatest for war against Britain.
What are "the West and the South"?
100
Name for Americans who supported war against Great Britain.
What are "War Hawks"?
100
"O say, can you see by the ________ ________ ______ ..."
What is "dawn's early light"?
200
Event that ends the war in December of 1814.
What is the "Treaty of Ghent"?
200
Native American "prophet" who helped Tecumseh unite Indian tribes against Americans.
Who is "Tenskwatawa"?
200
City where Fort McHenry, of Star-Spangled Banner fame, is located.
What is "Baltimore"?
200
British practice where Americans were accused of being "deserters" and forced to serve in the Royal Navy against their will.
What is "impressment"?
200
"O'er the _______________ we watched..."
What are "ramparts"?
300
Event that solidifies Andrew Jackson's status as an American war-hero.
What is the "Battle of New Orleans"?
300
American military hero of the War of 1812 who uses his fame to create a political career following the war.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
City where the last battle of the war is fought; the battle even occurs after the war is officially ended.
What is "New Orleans"?
300
Amount of territory the United States gained as a result of its victory in the War of 1812.
What is "none"?
300
Two word action/direct object that the rockets' glare and bombs bursting undertook.
What is "gave proof"?
400
Event that ends Tecumseh's life and annihilates hopes for a Native American confederacy of tribes following the war.
What is the "Battle of the Thames"?
400
British general whose defeat at the Battle of Lake Champlain secures America's success in the War of 1812.
Who is "Sir George Prevost"?
400
Lake where American Oliver Hazard Perry defeats British naval forces in September of 1813.
What is "Lake Erie"?
400
Disastrous piece of legislation meant as a punishment for British violation of American "neutral rights."
What is the "Embargo Act"?
400
Last time we "proudly hailed" the flag.
What is "at the twilight's last gleaming"?
500
Event that hastens public repudiation of the Federalist Party.
What is the "Hartford Convention"?
500
American leader whose forces destroy Prophet's Town at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
500
City in close proximity to the Battle of the Thames.
What is "Detroit"?
500
Two prominent national landmarks burned on August 24, 1814.
What is "the Capitol Building and the president's mansion"?
500
Number of words in the third line.
What is "10"?
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