| A | B |
| The Liberator | William Lloyd Garrison |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | John Marshall |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Supporter of popular sovereignty | Stephen Douglas |
| Authorized Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| Bleeding Kansas | Result of Free states vs. Slave states controvery |
| Compromise of 1850 | California came in as free and other territories such as Utah, Nevada, and New Mexico would decide for themselves regarding slavery |
| Missouri Compromise | East to west line across Louisiana Purchase. Slavery was outlawed above the line (with the exception of Missouri) while below the line it was permitted |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Legislation that gave birth to the Republican party, and produced bloody fighting as pro- and anti-slavery forces battled each other |
| Dred Scott decision | Overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery and also required slaves who escaped to free states to be returned to their owners forcibly |
| Marbury v. Madison | Established Judicial Review |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | State cannot tax agencies of the federal government |
| Monroe Doctrine | You leave us alone and we will leave you alone |
| War of 1812 | Gave America a claim to Oregon |
| Federalists | led by Alexander Hamilton and believed in a strong national government |
| Jeffersonian Republicans | Led by Thomas Jefferson and believed in a weak national government |
| Trail of Tears | Forced removal of Indians by Jackson to Western territories |
| Florida | Obtained from Spain |
| Cotton Gin | Led to the expansion of slavery |
| Mexican American War | We gained territory that includes the modern day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico |