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While President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson authorized the purchase of ____ from France in 1803.
a) the south including South Carolina and Georgia.
b) the Louisiana Territory
c) Florida
d) the Oregon Territory

Which of the events listed below completes the War of 1812 timeline shown above?
a) Treaty of Paris officially begins the War of 1812
b) President Madison declares war on British
c) The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
d) The Battle of Fort McHenry

Andrew Jackson defeated what southern Native American group aHorseshoe Bend during the War of 1812?
a) Sioux
b) Iroquois
c) Creek
d) Cherokee

The practice of forcing foreign sailors into a country’s military service, which the British practiced regularly in the early 1800s, was called what?
a) mutiny
b) hijacking
c) piracy
d) impressment

During the early 1800s, members of Congress who supported war against Great Britain were known as:
a) War Hawks
b) Mohawks
c) Farm Hawks
d) Jayhawks

During the War of 1812, what United States’ city was the site of a major battle fought after the war’s end had already been declared through the Treaty of Ghent?
a) Boston
b) New Orleans
c) New York City
d) Philadelphia

_________ said that no American ships could trade with other countries.
a) The Alien and Sedition Act
b) Jay’s Treaty
c) The Embargo Act
d) The XYZ Affair

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions said that the Alien and Sedition Acts were ______________
a) fair and right
b) constitutional
c) unconstitutional
d) a state’s right

President Washington wanted to remain neutral so he issued a ________.
a) Jay’s Treaty
b) Treaty of Brave Men
c) Proclamation of Neutrality
d) Treaty of Versailles

Three unknown French officials asked the US for a bribe. This was known as _______________.
a) The XYZ Affair
b) Jay’s Treaty
c) The Monroe Doctrine
d) Pinckney’s Treaty

The treaty that said Spain would give the United States Florida was the _____________________.
a) Alien and Sedition Acts
b) Pinckney’s Treaty
c) Jay’s Treaty
d) Adams-Onis Treaty

____________ allowed the President to deport (remove from the United States) anyone considered “dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States.”
a) The Sedition Acts
b) Jay’s Treaty
c) The Alien Acts
d) The Treaty of Ghent

The war hawks were people who wanted ___________.
a) peace
b) neutrality
c) friendship
d) war

__________________ allowed punishment of newspaper editors who criticized the President and Congress.
a) The Naturalization Act
b) Jay’s Treaty
c) The Sedition Act
d) The Alien Act

The Star-Spangled Banner was written by ____________________.
a) James Madison
b) Andrew Jackson
c) Francis Scott Key
d) William Henry Harrison

The treaty signed in Belgium ending the War of 1812 was the ___________.
a) Pinckney’s Treaty
b) Monroe Doctrine
c) Adams-Onis Treaty
d) Treaty of Ghent

During the invasion of Washington, DC, who set fire to the White House and the Capitol?
a) The Creek Indians
b) The French
c) The British
d) The Shawnee Indians

WHich is not a reason that we declared war on the British?
a) The would not let us access the Mississippi River
b) The were helping the American Indians
c) They were helping the French
d) They were impressing our sailors

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