| A | B |
| between War of 1812 & Civil War | Antebellum Era |
| Biggest US export b4 Civil War | "King Cotton" |
| Slavery | The "Peculiar Institution" |
| largest slave revolt_1831 | Nat Turner Revolt |
| former slave_eloquent abolitionist | Frederick Douglass |
| Harriet Tubman_ Sojourner Truth | Underground Railroad leaders |
| Fugitive slave law_CA=Free state | Compromise of 1850 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin_evils of slavery | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| vote in territories=free or slave | Popular Sovereignty concept |
| wrote Compromises of 1820 & 1850 | Henry Clay |