| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| U.S. president who declared war on Britain | James Madison | 78%
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| City burned by British raiders in retaliation | Washington D.C. | 76%
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| Biggest American victory (and one fought a month after the end of the war) | Battle of New Orleans | 62%
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| American pro-war politicians | War Hawks | 51%
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| City the British couldn't capture, inspiring "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Baltimore | 47%
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| Famous Shawnee chief | Tecumseh | 45%
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| City burned by American raiders in 1813 | York | 42%
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| City in Belgium where the peace treaty was signed on Christmas Eve, 1814 | Ghent | 40%
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| British policy of conscripting deserters off American ships, considered a major cause of the war | Impressment | 40%
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| Fort that the U.S. surrendered without a fight | Detroit | 30%
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| Most Famous British general | Isaac Brock | 20%
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| Battle where he died | Moraviantown/Thames | 17%
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| Battle where he died | Queenston Heights | 13%
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| Woman who walked 20 miles to warn of an American attack | Laura Secord | 12%
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| Bloodiest battle of the war | Lundy's Lane | 9%
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| Thomas Jefferson: "The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be ... | a mere matter of marching." | 7%
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