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Massacre at Mystic
the Pequot Massacre was the first defeat of the Pequot people by the English in the Pequot War. -
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. For females above the age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
the "Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves" took effect in 1808. -
The Missouri Compromise
An Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. -
Indian Removal Act
authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Trail of Tears
the United States government forcibly removed the southeastern Native Americans from their homelands and relocated them to lands in Indian Territory -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nathanial “Nat” Turner 1800-1831 was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of the enslaved. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. -
Dred Scott Decision
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward 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, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
14th Amendment
forbids the states from depriving any person of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law” and from denying anyone equal protection under the law. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War of 1812, -
Battle of Wounded Knee
A gun was discharged and soldiers opened fire. When the shooting stopped, hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children were dead. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality