Q 01/05

Which nickname was given to the congressmen who pushed the United States into declaring war in June 1812?

A) The Fire-Eaters

B) The War Democrats

C) The War Hawks

D) The Barnburners

Answer · why

C) The War Hawks

The War Hawks. Mostly members from the South and West, they hoped the fighting would let the United States take Canada, an ambition the war proved was...

Q 02/05

What did the anti-war Federalist Party call the War of 1812?

A) The Impressment War

B) The Canada Folly

C) Jefferson's Legacy

D) Mr. Madison's War

Answer · why

D) Mr. Madison's War

Mr. Madison's War. Not one Federalist in Congress voted for it, and the party's north-eastern strongholds kept up their opposition for as long as the ...

Q 03/05

Which party supplied the votes for war in June 1812?

A) The National Republicans

B) The Federalists

C) The Anti-Masonic Party

D) The Democratic-Republicans

Answer · why

D) The Democratic-Republicans

The Democratic-Republicans. They carried the House 79 to 49 on Southern and Western votes, while most members from the trading Northeast opposed a war...

Q 04/05

The fall of which ruler in April 1814 freed thousands of British troops for the war in North America?

A) Tsar Alexander I

B) Napoleon

C) Louis XVI

D) Tipu Sultan

Answer · why

B) Napoleon

Napoleon. Once he had abdicated, Britain could ship whole brigades across the Atlantic, and within months they had invaded New York and burned Washing...

Q 05/05

Which British prime minister was assassinated on 11 May 1812, weeks before the war began?

A) Lord Liverpool

B) Spencer Perceval

C) William Pitt

D) George Canning

Answer · why

B) Spencer Perceval

Spencer Perceval. The government that followed his repealed the trade orders America had protested against, but the news did not cross the Atlantic in...