| A | B |
| Henry Clay | Senator who wrote the Compromise of 1820 & 1850 |
| Stephen A Douglas | "little giant" |
| Compromise of 1820 | 22 new states / Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state |
| Compromise of 1850 | California became free state |
| KS-NE Act of 1854 | written by Stephen A Douglas |
| 36-30 line | division line -Above-free below-slave |
| popular sovergnity | let the people decide |
| expansionist | believe U.S should expand |
| speculator | a person who invest financially |
| Southern states goal | slavery |
| Northern states goal | freedom no slaves |
| Abolitionists | a person who wants slavery to end |