| A | B |
| Susan B. Anthony | helped lead the fight for women's rights in the United States |
| Daniel Boone | crossed the Appalachians and helped settle the West |
| British | stopped American ships at sea, which helped cause the War of 1812 |
| forty-niners | went to California hoping to find gold |
| Andrew Jackson | was first "common man" to be elected President of the United States |
| Thomas Jefferson | purchased the Louisiana Territory from France |
| Horace Mann | tried to improve education in the United Sates |
| James Monroe | announced a doctrine to prevent more European colonies in America |
| Mormons | settled the Great Salt Lake valley in what is now Utah |
| Sacagawea | helped Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory |
| Tecumseh | tried to unite Indian groups to drive settlers from the West |
| George Washington | elected first President of the United States |
| Eli Whitney | helped industry to grow by developing the idea of mass production |
| amendment | a change to the Constitution |
| Articles of Confederation | nation's first constitution |
| Bill of Rights | added to the Constitution in order to protect the people's rights and freedoms |