British warships had long stopped American vessels at sea. In June 1807 one of them fired on a United States Navy frigate off Norfolk, Virginia, killed three sailors, and took four men off her deck. What was this incident called?

In December 1807 Congress answered attacks on American shipping by forbidding American ships to sail for any foreign port, cutting off trade with Britain and France alike. What was this law?

In November 1811 Governor William Henry Harrison marched an army up the Wabash to the Shawnee settlement of Prophetstown, beat off a dawn attack by Tenskwatawa's followers, and burned the town. What was this battle called?

After the 1810 elections a group of young southern and western congressmen, led by Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, pressed President Madison to fight Britain. What were these men called?

From 1817 to 1824 the United States had only one working national party and presidential elections were barely contested. A Boston newspaper greeted President Monroe's goodwill tour with a phrase that stuck to the whole period. What is that period called?

In September 1814 a British fleet shelled the fort guarding Baltimore harbor for about 25 hours. The garrison held, the fleet withdrew, and Francis Scott Key, watching from a truce ship, wrote a poem about the flag still flying. What event was this?

On August 24, 1814, a hastily gathered American force was routed a few miles outside the capital. That evening British troops walked into Washington and set fire to the Capitol and the President's House. What made taking the city possible?

Jefferson's trade ban of 1807 kept American ships tied up in port for more than a year. Which region felt it hardest, and how?

In April 1814 Napoleon abdicated and the fighting in Europe stopped. What did that mean for the war in North America?

American and British armies fought a full-scale battle outside New Orleans in January 1815, weeks after negotiators in Europe had already signed a peace treaty. Why was the battle fought at all?

The wartime British blockade shut British goods out of American ports, and new textile and iron works multiplied in the Northeast. What happened to many of those works once peace returned in 1815?

Tecumseh had built a confederacy of Native nations across the Northwest and fought beside British forces after 1812. He was killed at the Battle of the Thames in October 1813. What followed for the confederacy he had built?

New England delegates met at Hartford over the winter of 1814-15 to air grievances against the war and demand amendments. Their envoys reached Washington just as news of peace and of victory at New Orleans arrived. What followed for their party?

American forces pushed into Canada at three points in 1812 and were thrown back at every one, surrendering Detroit in the process. What had the men who pushed for war expected?

In his annual message of December 1823, President Monroe said the United States 'should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.' What was he warning against?

Article the First of the Treaty of Ghent dealt with land captured during the War of 1812. What did it provide?

Deciding in 1819 whether Maryland could tax the Baltimore branch of the national bank, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote 'that the power to tax involves the power to destroy.' What did the Court conclude from that reasoning?

A treaty of 1819 states that 'His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States ... all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi.' What did it do?

Henry Clay argued that the West would buy eastern manufactures once roads and canals reached it, that a national bank would supply sound money for the trade, and that duties on imports would shelter the factories. What did he call this three-part program?

After five years with no national bank, wartime borrowing had been chaotic and state banknotes circulated at wildly different values. Which measure did Congress adopt in 1816 to hold federal deposits and supply a uniform currency?

Soon after the War of 1812 ended, Congress set duties of about 25 percent on imported cotton and woolen cloth, meaning to keep British goods from undercutting the mills built during the war. What is this measure called?

In 1823 Britain proposed that London and Washington jointly warn the European powers away from Spain's former colonies. How did the United States respond?

Put these in the order they happened: the Louisiana Purchase; Congress's declaration of war on Britain; the Battle of the Thames; the Adams-Onis Treaty.

Put these in the order they happened: Napoleon's abdication; the burning of Washington; the meeting of the Hartford Convention; the Senate's approval of the peace treaty.

Which of these happened before the United States declared war on Britain in June 1812?