Chapter 9.2 Questions
War and Peace 1812-1823
Section 2 The War at Sea
DIRECTIONS:
Answer the following questions on a blank piece of note book paper.
Each question is worth 1 point. Write
your name, date and class period on each page.
When you are done, work on your vocab list, workbook or map .
The War of 1812 Begins
__________1. Members of Congress from the North voted in
favor or against war with England?
__________12. American merchants realized that war with
England would hurt what?
__________13. Those opposed to the war with England
believed that it was what?
__________14. In 1812, Congress declared war on England,
what was this war called?
__________15. At this time, England was fighting which
emperor of Europe?
__________16. Did the British have a real quarrel with the
US?
__________17. The war between the English and Americans did
what to the war in Europe?
Victories at Sea
__________18. Where were the
first battles of the War of 1812 fought?
__________19. How many frigates of the US Navy were
considered the most powerful?
__________10. The recent build up of the US Navy was a
direct result of what affair in 1789?
__________11. British navy ships armed with 60 to 70 more
cannons were referred to as what?
__________12. The USS Constitution was from what nation?
__________13. The HMS Guerriere was from what nation?
__________14. The military maneuver of firing broadside was
called what?
__________15. The USS Constitution was later called what
for its famous battles?
__________16. Americans won brilliantly at sea because of
what 3 main reasons?
__________17. After the losses of the British, the high
command ordered English captains to do what?
__________18. What instead was the British strategy to
bottle up American ships?
__________19. What was one ship of the American privateers
called?
__________20. How far northeast would American ships engage
in battle against the British?
__________21. One a given day, what was the average
capturing of English ships by the Americans?