Quiz: Chapter 12

The War of 1812 was fought primarily against:

• a. France
• b. Great Britain
• c. Spain
• d. Mexico

The "War Hawks" who pushed for war were led by:

• a. Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun
• b. John Marshall
• c. Aaron Burr
• d. Daniel Webster

Oliver Hazard Perry is famous for his victory at:

• a. New Orleans
• b. The Battle of Lake Erie
• c. Fort McHenry
• d. Horseshoe Bend

The defense of Fort McHenry in 1814 inspired:

• a. The Declaration of Independence
• b. The Gettysburg Address
• c. "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• d. "Common Sense"

The Treaty of Ghent (1814):

• a. Ended the war and restored the prewar boundaries
• b. Gave Canada to the United States
• c. Ended impressment forever
• d. Purchased Florida

The Hartford Convention (1814–1815):

• a. Declared war on Britain
• b. Was a meeting of New England Federalists that helped destroy their party
• c. Wrote the Monroe Doctrine
• d. Created the American System

The Battle of New Orleans was unusual because it:

• a. Was a British victory
• b. Was fought after the peace treaty had already been signed
• c. Ended the American Revolution
• d. Was led by James Monroe

Henry Clay's "American System" included all EXCEPT:

• a. A protective tariff
• b. A national bank
• c. Internal improvements (roads and canals)
• d. The abolition of slavery

The presidency of James Monroe is known as the:

• a. Era of Good Feelings
• b. Gilded Age
• c. Progressive Era
• d. Jacksonian Democracy

The Missouri Compromise of 1820:

• a. Freed all enslaved people in Missouri
• b. Admitted Missouri as slave, Maine as free, and banned slavery north of 36°30′
• c. Ended the War of 1812
• d. Created the Second Bank

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), John Marshall:

• a. Upheld the national bank and denied states the power to tax it
• b. Struck down the national bank
• c. Declared slavery unconstitutional
• d. Gave states power over interstate commerce

The Monroe Doctrine (1823) warned:

• a. States against nullification
• b. European powers against further colonization or intervention in the Americas
• c. Britain against impressment
• d. The South against secession