| A | B |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin stating the lives of the slaves. |
| Bringham Young | Led Mormons to the Great Salt Lake. |
| Meeting | Occurred at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. |
| Sam Houston | Was the first president of the Lone Star Republic. |
| Frederick Douglass | Fugitive slave who became a popular speaker against slavery. |
| John C. Calhoun | Favored slavery. |
| The Kansas-Nebraska Act | Made the extension of slavery possible; new territories could decide whether to be free or slave states. |
| Great Plains, Rocky Mts., Desert, Williamette Valley | Correct order for a person traveling on the Oregon Trail. |
| The United States gaining much of Oregon Country | Not a result of the Mexican War. |
| Dred Scott Decision 1857 | Not part of the Compromise of 1850; African-Americans were not seen as citizens and had no rights under the law. |
| Nat Turner | Led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. |
| Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Series of speeches about slavery between Senate candidates. |
| John Brown | An abolitionist who led a raid on a proslavery settlement in 1856. |
| Underground Railroad | A secret route for slaves to secape from the South to the North. |
| Harriet Tubman | A conductor on the Undergraound Railroad. |
| The Cry "Remember the Alamo" | Inspired Texans to fight hard for freedom from Mexico. |
| Certificate of Freedom | Free black people needed to carry this to prove they were not runaway slaves. |
| Threatening War with Britain over Oregon Country | Best captures the spirit of Manifest Destiny. |