Who was it?
Where was it?
Battles
What was it?
Why was it?
Final Jeopardy
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What American president became a national hero after the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
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Where did the majority of the fighting take place at the beginning of the War of 1812?
Canada and the Northwest Territory
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What is happening is this picture? What building is on fire?
Burning of Washington, D.C. and the White House.
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What treaty ended the War of 1812?
Treaty of Ghent
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Why were the British able to burn down Washington, D.C.?
It was not well defended.
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Who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"?
Francis Scott Key
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Where did the British invade after they defeated the French once and for all?
Chesapeake Bay
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What battle was a victory for the Americans and helped them win back Detroit, Michigan? This is also the battle where Tecumseh was killed.
The Battle of the Thames
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What was Pan-Indian Unity and who's idea was it?
Pan-Indian Unity was Tecumseh's mission to unite all of the Native people to fight against the United States' Westward Expansion.
Bonus Question: What is one reason it was so difficult?
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Why did the Americans see the end of the war as a victory for them?
They were able to successfully defend themselves from the British again in a 2nd war for Independence.
Bonus Question: Why did the British see it as a victory for themselves?
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Who was the leader of France that the British defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?
Napoleon Bonaparte
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What was the first city the British attacked after they started their invasion?
Washington, D.C.
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What was the final battle of the War of 1812?
The Battle of New Orleans
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How did the War of 1812 end?
A tie
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True or False, the whole U.S. Army fought in the War of 1812.
False, the war was fought with state militias because the army did not exist yet.
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Who was the Shawnee chief that allied himself and his people with the British?
Tecumseh
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After the Burning of Washington, D.C., where did the British attack next?
Baltimore, Maryland
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What battle took place after the Burning of Washington, D.C.? This is the battle in which the "Star Spangled Banner" was written.
The Battle of Baltimore
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What is impressment?
The act of kidnapping sailors and forcing them to serve in another countries military.
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Why was Francis Scott Key watching the Battle of Baltimore?
He was being held hostage on a British Ship while they were attacking.
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Who was the president during the War of 1812 and narrowly escaped the burning of Washington, D.C.?
James Madison
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After the British realized they could not beat the Americans in the NE, where did they focus their attention?
The South
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What battle ended the war with the Red Sticks? Andrew Jackson allied himself with the White Sticks and the Cherokee to win this battle.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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What was the incident that happened between the British Navy and the American merchant ship that enraged Americans and made them call for war?
The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
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What happened to Tecumseh's idea of Pan-Indian Unity?
It collapsed after he was killed in the Battle of the Thames.
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What battle were the British defeated in that made them shift their focus from the North to New Orleans?
The Battle of Plattsburgh