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War of 1812
#1

The British burned Washington D.C.’s government buildings in 1814 in retaliation for what?

Burning the Parliament Building at York Canada

#2 Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry? Francis Scott Key
#3 Which group of young Republicans in Congress pushed for war against England in 1812? War Hawks
#4 Which city’s harbor did Fort McHenry protect? Baltimore
#5 Which peace treaty ended the War of 1812? Treaty of Ghent
Presidents
#1 Whose election in 1860, without winning a single Southern state, caused the Southern states to question their power in the government? Abraham Lincoln
#2 Which president was accused of stealing the presidency through a “corrupt bargain” with Henry Clay? John Quincy Adams
#3 Who was the hero of New Orleans for defending the city at the end of the War of 1812? Andrew Jackson
#4 Which expansionist president asked Congress to declare war against Mexico in 1846? James K. Polk
#5 Which president signed the Compromise of 1850 into law? Millard Fillmore
Foreign Connection
#1 At the start of the War of 1812, England was fighting the Napoleonic Wars against which other country? France
#2 Where did James Madison decide to attack at the start of the War of 1812? Canada
#3 Which two groups of immigrants increased drastically from the 1830s-1860s? Irish & Germans
#4 What was the name of the country that the seceding Southern stated formed? Confederate States of America
#5 Which group established Liberia in Africa as a place to ship freedmen in the early 1800s? American Colonization Society
Industrial Revolution
#1 What was the name given to the movement that transformed work from a manual labor model to a labor model that used machines powered by water and then later steam? Industrial Revolution
#2 In which region of the U.S. were most of the factories and mills built in the 1800s? Northeast
#3 Who built America’s first water powered textile mill on the Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1793? Samuel Slater
#4 Which invention by Eli Whitney actually increased the demand for southern cotton and also increased slavery by using a machine to pick the seeds out of cotton? Cotton Gin
#5 Who transformed the manufacturing of cloth in the 1800s by moving all of the steps in the production process under one roof? Francis Cabot Lowell
Transportation & Communication
#1 Which trail led to the Oregon Territory? Oregon Trail
#2 Which trail led to the New Mexico Territory? Santa Fe Trail
#3 What were manmade waterways built in the 1800s, linking farms to cities? Canals
#4 In the 1800s, private companies charged travelers to use roads that they built and maintained called what? Turnpikes
#5 Who invented the electric telegraph in 1837, using electric pulses that traveled long distances on wires, thereby drastically improving communication? Samuel F. B. Morse
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