1. What British ship did the USS Constitution defeat in
battle off the coast of South America which changed
the way the British navy approached the US
frigates?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Oxford
Invincible
Java
Themes
Victory
2. Young congressmen from South Carolina and
Kentucky who advocated military measures to deal
with British contempt for US ships on the seas were
called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Tomahawks
Young Lions
War Birds
War Eagles
War Hawks
3. General _____ issued the call up of the
Massachusetts and Connecticut militias at the
instruction of President _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Dearborn / Monroe
Dearborn / Madison
Dearborn / Jackson
Jackson / Monroe
Jackson / Madison
4. Who was the governor of Massachusetts
who defied the call for the militia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Caleb Strong
Jedidiah Strong
Joshua Strong
Caleb Adams
Caleb Hancock
5. When Connecticut responded the call up of
its militia it claimed to be:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Acting in conjunction with the other New
England states
Acting in conjunction only with
Massachusetts
Bound by inextricably by the Constitution
Free, sovereign and independent
A subdivision of the federal government
6. In Connecticut’s response the federal union
was described as:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
“a confederacy of states … not a consolidated
republic.”
“a republic to which all states owed
allegiance.”
“a supreme, sovereign power.”
“a compact of states owing allegiance to the
federal government.”
“a compact of state that were equally bound
yet free and independent.”
7. What occurred in 1814 that made the New England
states re-evaluate their stance on the war?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The British captured and burned Washington
DC
Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians
Commodore Perry won a naval victory on
Lake Champlain
The British won a naval battle of Lake Eerie
The British occupied a portion of New
England.
8. Massachusetts called the Hartford Convention
because it felt the federal government was not:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Authorized to call up state militia’s under any
circumstances.
Constitutionally authorized to engage the
states in war.
Adequately defending the eastern portion of
the US.
Negotiating with the British in an attempt to
end the war.
Attempting to prolong the war to gain more
power over the states.
9. Who said, “The principles of our Revolution point to
the remedy, - a separation. That this can be
accomplished without spilling one drop of blood, I
have little doubt.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John Adams
James Madison
Sam Adams
Thomas Pickering
Caleb Strong
10.Which of the following WAS NOT a
consequence of the War of 1812?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
It destroyed the Federalist Party.
It destroyed the Republican Party.
It generated intense feelings of nationalism in
the south and west.
It showed that a republican government could
fight a war w/o surrendering its institutions.
It launched the US toward economic
independence.