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Massacre of Mystic
This was something that happened 2 hours before dawn. The puritans went to a Pequot village and killed all of the people that they could and they burnt down the whole village -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above the age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight or the equivalent of $150. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
it determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves is what prevented the slave trade. It illegal for Americans to engage in the slave trade between nations -
Battle of Tippecanoe
prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War of 1812, where they would play an integral role in the British military -
The Missouri Compromise
the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union -
Indian Removal Act
The president granted unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner's rebellion was one of the largest slave rebellions ever to take place in the United States, and it played an important role in the development of antebellum slave society. -
Trail of Tears
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state -
Dred Scott Decision
His decision was to uphold slavery in the United States territories. Denied the legality of black citizenship in America -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln was the creator of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all people held as slaves in the rebellious states shall be free. -
13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States" -
14th Amendment
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property" -
15th amendment
granted African-American men the right to vote -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne. 260 people were killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn -
Battle of Wounded Knee
A reaction to a religious movement that gave fleeting hope to Plains Indians whose lives had been upended by white settlement, a gun went off and it turned into a big battle. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality