Module 8 Quiz

Question 1

USS Constitution

Answer 1

a large warship

Question 2

impressment

Answer 2

the practice of kidnapping and forcing people to serve in the army or navy

Question 3

embargo

Answer 3

the banning of trade

Question 4

Embargo Act

Answer 4

The law essentially banned trade with all foreign countries

Question 5

Non-Intercourse Act

Answer 5

banned trade only with Britain, France, and their colonies

Question 6

Tecumseh

Answer 6

a Shawnee chief

Question 7

Battle of Tippecanoe

Answer 7

U.S. forces defeated Tecumseh and his followers

Question 8

War Hawks

Answer 8

Several young members of Congress

Question 9

James Madison

Answer 9

elected president in 1808

Question 10

Oliver Hazard Perry

Answer 10

His key goal was to break Britain’s control of lake Erie

Question 11

Battle of Lake Erie

Answer 11

Perry sailed out to meet the British on September 10, beginning the battle, which ended when the British surrendered.

Question 12

Andrew Jackson

Answer 12

gathered about 2,000 volunteers to move against the Creek nation.

Question 13

Treaty of Fort Jackson

Answer 13

signed late in 1814, ended the Creek War and forced the Creek to give up millions of acres of their land

Question 14

Battle Of New Orleans

Answer 14

made Andrew Jackson a hero and was the last major conflict of the War of 1812.

Question 15

Hartford Convention

Answer 15

Federalists agreed to oppose the war and send delegates to meet with Congress

Question 16

Treaty of Ghent

Answer 16

signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814, ended the War of 1812.

Question 17

James Monroe

Answer 17

In 1816 voters elected him

Question 18

Rush-Bagot Agreement

Answer 18

limited naval power on the Great Lakes

Question 19

Convention of 1818

Answer 19

set the border between the United States and Canada at 49°N latitude as far west as the Rocky Mountains

Question 20

Adams-Onis Treaty

Answer 20

settled all border
disputes between Spain and the United States