Deck 10: The Second War of Independence

Question 1

Who gained national prominence as a result of the Battle of New Orleans?

A) George Washington
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Tecumseh
D) the Prophet

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson

Question 2

The American government's policy of Indian removal affected __________ in the War of 1812.

A) all Indians regardless of their position
B) only those Indians that had sided with the United States
C) only those Indians that had sided with Britain
D) only those Indians that had remained neutral

Answer 2

all Indians regardless of their position

Question 3

Which country's alliance with Britain led Americans to view war with Britain as an opportunity to annex Florida?

A) Portugal
B) Russia
C) France
D) Spain

Answer 3

Spain

Question 4

According to the video in the introduction,what was the significance of the War of 1812?

A) established the principle of human rights in international law
B) established the principle of judicial review in constitutional law
C) created American empires in Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific
D) confirmed the United States as a full-fledged, independent country

Question 5

Americans hoped that war with Britain would result in the American annexation of __________.

A) Canada
B) Mexico
C) Louisiana
D) the Ohio Valley

Question 6

Who would most agree with Tecumseh's message of Indian unity?

A) the Prophet
B) the war hawks
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Henry Clay

Question 7

Which of the following granted the United States control of the Ohio Valley and lands south of the Great Lakes?

A) Treaty of Paris of 1783
B) Jay Treaty of 1795
C) Louisiana Purchase of 1803
D) Embargo Act of 1807

Question 8

What did Tecumseh use to his advantage in his campaign for Indian unity?

A) Marbury v. Madison ruling
B) American Revolutionary War
C) Embargo Act of 1807
D) New Madrid earthquakes

Question 9

Which of the following ended the War of 1812?

A) Battle of the Thames
B) Battle of Yorktown
C) Hartford Convention
D) Treaty of Ghent

Question 10

According to the introductory video in section 10.3,what did Britain consider doing with the western half of the Mississippi Valley if they won the Battle of New Orleans?

A) establish a colony for fugitive slaves
B) create an Indian buffer state
C) sell the land to Spain
D) sell the land to France

Question 11

What did the battles at the Thames,Horseshoe Bend,and New Orleans share in common?

A) They were all American victories.
B) They were all American defeats.
C) They were all Indian victories.
D) They all ended in a draw.

Question 12

According to the introductory video in section 10.4,who was the leader of the Red Sticks?

A) the Prophet
B) Tecumseh
C) Andrew Jackson
D) William Weatherford

Question 13

Which crop grew well in the soil of the southern regions east of the Mississippi River,in what is today Alabama and Mississippi?

A) sorghum
B) coffee
C) cotton
D) tea

Question 14

According to the introductory video in section 10.1,the similarities between Americans and the British enabled Britain to pursue a policy of __________.

A) impressment
B) containment
C) annexation
D) evacuation

Question 15

Which of the following highlights the political divisions between the Federalists and the Republicans during the War of 1812?

A) Treaty of Ghent
B) Hartford Convention
C) Battle of New Orleans
D) Marbury v. Madison

Question 16

What was the purpose of the constitutional amendments proposed by the Hartford Convention?

A) expand the powers of the president in matters of national security
B) expand the powers of the president in matters of Indian removal
C) make declarations of war more difficult to pass through Congress
D) make declarations of war easier to pass through Congress

Question 17

Which of the following explains why Britain finally stopped seizing American ships and sailors?

A) It was a condition of the Treaty of Ghent.
B) It was a condition of the Hartford Convention.
C) Britain's war with France came to an end.
D) The American embargo was effective.

Question 18

According to the introductory video in section 10.2,who claimed that he had predicted the earthquakes that rocked the Ohio and Mississippi valleys in 1811 and 1812?

A) Metacomet
B) Tecumseh
C) John Marshall
D) Andrew Jackson

Question 19

Tecumseh hoped to gain the support of which country's government in his struggle to stop the encroachment of white settlers into Indian lands in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys?

A) United States
B) Spain
C) France
D) Britain

Question 20

After the War of 1812,the American government's Indian policy established the __________ as the western border for American settlement.

A) Appalachian Mountains
B) Pacific Ocean
C) Hudson River
D) Mississippi River

Question 21

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 10.6,Tecumseh's portrayal of which group was the most positive?

A) French
B) British
C) Spanish
D) Americans

Question 22

How did the Republicans and the Federalists shape American politics in the early nineteenth century?

Question 23

In his speech calling for war,Henry Clay stated,"Let us come home to our own history. It was not by submission that our fathers achieved our independence." To what event is he referring?

A) French and Indian War
B) King Philip's War
C) French Revolution
D) American Revolutionary War

Question 24

Which political party declined after the War of 1812?

A) Progressives
B) Democrats
C) Republicans
D) Federalists

Question 25

Which of the following countries would have most likely disagreed with the artistic interpretation of the Peace of Ghent shown in the image?

A) Britain
B) Belgium
C) United States
D) Italy

Question 26

Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"?

A) Francis Scott Key
B) Henry Clay
C) Dolley Madison
D) George Glieg

Question 27

How did Indians deal with the encroachment of white settlers into Indian lands in the early nineteenth century?

Question 28

Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court?

A) John Marshall
B) William Weatherford
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) William Henry Harrison

Question 29

In the Arguing History video in section 10.6,the speaker argues that Andrew Jackson's Indian policy reflected Jackson's __________.

A) cultural sensitivity
B) humanitarianism
C) political realism
D) legal idealism

Question 30

The War of 1812 ended in a draw,yet Americans thought they had won the war.What gave Americans the impression that they had emerged victorious?

Question 31

Which of the following statements reflects the perspective of a war hawk on the eve of the War of 1812?

A) "The United States, my children, are the friends of both parties, . . . they are willing to satisfy the wishes of both."
B) "Those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid, and good neighborhood."
C) ". . . what are we not to lose by peace?-commerce, character, a nation's best treasure, honor!"
D) "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."

Question 32

Before the British entered Washington,D.C.,on August 24,1814,Dolley Madison ensured the safety of the portrait of which president?

A) James Madison
B) James Monroe
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) George Washington

Question 33

"The Star-Spangled Banner" links the American nation to __________.

A) industry
B) commerce
C) Congress
D) God

Question 34

Which of the following participated in the sacking of Washington,D.C.?

A) Francis Scott Key
B) Henry Clay
C) Andrew Jackson
D) George Glieg

Question 35

The Past and Present video in section 10.6 highlights the role of __________ factors in decisions to go to war.

A) ecological
B) technological
C) physiological
D) psychological

Question 36

The image shows the Battle of __________.

A) New Orleans
B) the Thames
C) Bladensburg
D) Fort McHenry

Question 37

In which of the following did the Supreme Court uphold the authority of the Constitution over state laws?

A) Fletcher v. Peck
B) McCulloch v. Maryland
C) Marbury v. Madison
D) trial of Aaron Burr

Question 38

The image depicts an event that strengthened American demands for war against __________.

A) France
B) Britain
C) Spain
D) Belgium

Question 39

In McCulloch v.Maryland,the Supreme Court based its decision on a broad interpretation of the __________.

A) Declaration of Independence
B) elastic clause
C) Treaty of Ghent
D) Constitution's definition of treason

Question 40

Which of the following was destroyed during the British assault on Washington,D.C.?

A) Monticello
B) the White House
C) Independence Hall
D) Federal Hall