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What is the best reason that explains why the British practiced Impressment
a) impressment was an advantage to obtaining future jobs
b) Being in the British Navy was fun and exciting and they wanted to give as many Americans as they could a chance
c) Impressment would benefit both countries
d) Being in the British Navy was hard and miserable and they could not recruit enough people to be in it.

What would best describe British feelings for America after the American Revolution?
a) They resented them for rebelling
b) They were strong allies that respected each other
c) They believed the colonist would come back under their control again.
d) They believed they could co exist as nations

What is the term for forcing people into military service.
a) Impressment
b) Manumission
c) Emancipation
d) consternation

Which was not part of Britian's Plan to defeat the U.S. in the War of 1812
a) take New Orleans
b) Take control of the Mississippi River
c) Capture Thomas Jefferson
d) Take control of cities and ports along the gulf coast

What was a major cause of the War of 1812
a) Encouraged them to attack colonists armed Native Americans and
b) The French and British continued to fight and we joined with the French
c) American ships were being stopped by British war ships and American sailors were forced join the British Navy
d) The British stole large amounts of American Land.

What major event came about just 3 months after Louisiana became a state?
a) The American Revolution
b) The French and Indian War
c) The seven Years War
d) The War of 1812

What best describes Andrew Jackson's feelings toward the British
a) He held a grudge against them
b) They were political Allies
c) He was friends with them
d) They had a working relationship

Prior to the Battle of New Orleans Jackson had achieved notoriety fighting who?
a) The French
b) The Creek Indians
c) Mexico
d) Spain

What was the disadvantages of the British battle position just prior to the Battle of New Orleans?
a) The British troops were trapped in the City
b) They were between the Mississippi River and a Cypress Swamp
c) They were surrounded by Jackson
d) They had their backs to the Gulf and no room to escape

Who was the pirate that helped Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans
a) Blackbeard
b) Captain Hook
c) Jean Lafitte
d) Thundercloud

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