James Madison
He was the 4th President of the United States and the first to ask Congress for this formal declaration.
What is a Declaration of War?
This was the #1 cause of the war: the British kidnapping American sailors and forcing them to join their navy.
What is impressment?
This is the city where the battle took place that inspired the National Anthem.
What is Baltimore?
This is the term for a "tie" in a war where no one wins any land, which is how the War of 1812 ended.
What is a stalemate?
Because people felt he was the one who pushed for the conflict, his enemies called it this nickname.
What is "Mr. Madison's War"?
These were the young, loud members of Congress who were "hungry" for war and wanted to invade Canada.
Who are the War Hawks?
Francis Scott Key was a member of this profession, which is why he was sent to negotiate a prisoner release.
What is a lawyer?
This is the feeling of extreme pride in your country that swept across the U.S. after the war.
What is nationalism?
This famous First Lady (his wife) stayed behind to save a portrait of George Washington before the British burned the White House.
Who is Dolley Madison?
In 1814, British troops invaded this city and set fire to the White House and the Capitol building.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The "bombs bursting in air" mentioned in the song were actually being fired by these people.
Who are the British?
DAILY DOUBLE
While Francis Scott Key wrote the words, this woman (along with her daughter and apprentices) spent weeks sewing the massive 30-by-42-foot flag that flew over Fort McHenry.
Who is Mary Pickersgill?
Madison is the only sitting president to ever do this, which happened during the Battle of Bladensburg.
What is go onto a battlefield?
Many people in this U.S. region hated the war because it stopped them from trading and making money.
What is New England?
Although the poem was written in 1814, it didn't officially become the National Anthem until this year (during the 1900s).
What is 1931?
This 1814 event started with the burning of Washington D.C., led to the writing of the National Anthem in Baltimore, and ended with a "draw" between the U.S. and Britain.
What is the War of 1812?
Madison’s war was hated by this political party in New England, who met at the Hartford Convention to protest it.
Who are the Federalists?
This treaty, which ended the war, was signed on Christmas Eve in 1814
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
Francis Scott Key wrote the poem after watching the British fail to capture this fort in Baltimore.
What is Fort McHenry?
This was the name of the meeting where New England Federalists talked about leaving the Union because of the war.
What is the Hartford Convention?