| A | B |
| transmitted the first telegraph message | Samuel Morse |
| buil the first steam locomotive in the United States | Peter Cooper |
| the South's main income | agriculture |
| the North's main income | industry |
| regional leader who tried to resolve disputes through compromise | Henry Clay |
| constructed the first mechanical reaper | Cyrus McCormick |
| increased cotton processing | cotton gin |
| were used by workers to put pressure on employers for higher wages or better working conditions | strikes |
| gives legal rights to inventions | patent |
| changed how people worked on their jobs | Industrial Revolution |
| used since the 1828 election by candidates to damage the reputation of the other candidate | mudslinging |
| invented the Cherokee alphabet | Sequoyah |
| transformed the economy of the South with his invention | Eli Whitney |
| made huge profits during the Gold Rush | merchants |
| made it a crime to teach slaves to read or write | Slave Codes |
| Henry Clay's system that called for a tariff to help American Industries grow and improve | American System |
| "king" and the main topic of conversation in the South | cotton |
| large group of Southerners who owned small farms of 50 to 200 acres | yeomen |
| philosophy that meant that the U.S. was set apart to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific | Manifest Destiny |
| founded by the Mormons; was originally called "Deseret" | Salt Lake City |