| A | B |
| Brigham Young | led the Mormons to Utah |
| Joseph Smith | founded the Mormon church |
| Zachary Taylor | provoked the Mexican American War |
| James K. Polk | elected in 1844 |
| 49th parallel | final border between Oregon and British Canada |
| fifty four-forty | "_____ or fight!" - Democrats 1844 slogan |
| Nueces River | what Mexicans wanted the border with US to be |
| Rio Grande | final US-Mexico border after M-A War |