The War of 1812 Guided Questions

Here are some questions about the War of 1812. I'll move the Quiz to Friday, since so many people will be out, and you haven't really studied.

1. The War of 1812 is sometimes called the “ _____________ __________
____ _______________.”
2. Thirty years after the American Revolution, the ________________
continued to occupy ________________ territory along the Great Lakes.
3. But the British angered the Americans most by the practice of
_____________. American ships were stopped by the ____________, and
American ____________ were accused of being British ____________.
4. In the fall of 1814, ________________ warships entered the Gulf of Mexico
and _________________ New Orleans. That is, the British positioned their
ships to _______________ the city and _______________ any ships from
entering or leaving the port.
5. The United States sent Major General ____________ _____________
to defend the __________.
6. The _______________ ____ ______ ______________ was actually the
last in a series of battles that began in December ____________.
7. The two armies met on _____________ ____, ________, “on the plains of
______________,” just south of the city.
8. On that foggy morning, the battle lasted less than a ______________.
9. Jackson and his ________ thousand assorted troops soundly defeated
__________ thousand professional British soldiers.
10. More than _________ thousand British soldiers were killed, while only
_________ of Jackson’s men died in battle that day.
11. The War of 1812 settled the major conflict between the United States and
__________ _____________.
12. But the boundary between Louisiana and ___________ __________ was
still unsettled. The issue was not settled until February 1819, when the
__________- ___________ Treaty set the boundary at the ___________
River.

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