Hist Ch10 BR 2/18

Who became the president of the United States in 1809, following Thomas Jefferson?

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Adams

• Andrew Jackson

What role did James Madison serve in before becoming the president?

• Secretary of Defense

• Secretary of State

• Vice President

• Attorney General

What was the main goal of Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, in the Northwest Territory?

• To trade with European settlers

• To unite Native American tribes

• To build a new settlement

• To negotiate peace with the British

What was the name of the battle where Governor Harrison's forces defeated the Prophet's forces?

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Lake Erie

What was the practice called where British forces took American sailors and forced them into service?

• Conscription

• Impressment

• Enlistment

• Recruitment

Why did some Americans, especially the War Hawks, want to seize Canada during the War of 1812?

• To expand trade routes

• To gain more land from Great Britain

• To establish a new government

• To find new resources

What was the capital of the Native American confederation led by Tecumseh and the Prophet?

• Cahokia

• Prophetstown

• Tenochtitlan

• Cahokia Mounds

What was one of the reasons the British supported Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory?

• To establish trade agreements

• To create alliances against American expansion

• To convert them to Christianity

• To build new settlements