| A | B |
| Simon Bolivar | Led independence movements in Latin America |
| caucus | private meeting during which a small group of party members pick candidates |
| John C. Calhoun | Represented South; opposed tariff |
| Henry Clay | Represented West; proposed "American System" |
| Daniel Webster | Represented New England; wanted tariff |
| Monroe Doctrine | Warned European nations to stay out of Latin American Affairs |
| Interstate Commerce | trade between two or more states |
| Martin Van Buren | President during Panic of 1840; actual forced Natives to move with Trail of Tears |
| nominating convention | large, more democratic meeting to shoose a candidate |
| Campaign of 1840 | Whigs publicized the western origin of William Henry Harrison |
| Marbury v Madison | Judicial Review |
| Dartmout College v Woodward | contract is enforced by law |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | power to tax=power to destroy |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Congress can regulate interstate commerce |
| Nullification Crisis | South Carolina refused to comply with tariff |
| End of Nullification Crisis | Congress lowered tariffs under threat of military force in South Carolina |
| Spoils System | After election, winner gives supporter government jobs |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | US took control of Florida |
| Suffrage | right to vote |
| Trail of Tears | Forced removal of Native Americans from George to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) |