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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 12

The Federal Road & the Creek War

Louisiana, the War of 1812 and Horseshoe Bend

What your child practices

The Louisiana Purchase and the Corps of Discovery, the Federal Road through Creek land, the War of 1812, and the causes, battles, leaders and results of the Creek War of 1813–1814 for the Muscogee (Creek) people and for Alabama.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 4.8; 4.9 · westward expansion, the Federal Road and its effects on Native Americans, the War of 1812 and the Creek War

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) doubled the country, and Lewis and Clark explored it.
  2. The Federal Road cut through Creek land. The Creek War (1813–1814) ended at Horseshoe Bend.
  3. Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

Example: Which battle ended the Creek War in 1814? It was fought on a bend of the Tallapoosa River. The bend is shaped like a horseshoe. Answer: the Battle of Horseshoe Bend

The Federal Road & the Creek War in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 6 of 12 in 4th grade Social Studies, after Building a Government and before Alabama Fever & Statehood.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The first battle of the Creek War, in July 1813, was the Battle of…

    • Horseshoe Bend
    • Yorktown
    • Mobile Bay
    • Burnt Corn Creek

  2. Question 2

    The Red Sticks were Creeks who…

    • fought to stop American settlers from taking their land
    • made red pottery only
    • lived in Europe
    • wanted to join the US Army

  3. Question 3

    One cause of the War of 1812 was that the British navy…

    • paid American sailors
    • gave the US Louisiana
    • forced American sailors to serve on British ships
    • freed all ships

  4. Question 4

    Benjamin Hawkins was the US agent to the…

    • French king
    • British navy
    • Muscogee (Creek) Nation
    • Spanish governor of Mexico

  5. Question 5

    'The Star-Spangled Banner' was written during the British attack on…

    • Fort Toulouse
    • Fort Mims
    • Fort McHenry
    • Fort Sumter

  6. Question 6

    Pushmataha was a Choctaw leader who…

    • founded Mobile
    • was a British general
    • fought alongside the United States in the Creek War
    • led the Red Sticks

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