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massacre at mystic
A pre-dawn attack on Mystic Fort that left 500 adults and children of the Pequot tribe dead -
the scalp act
The act turned all the tribes against the Pennsylvania legislature -
3/5's 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 ending in the united states
a new Federal law made it illegal to import captive people from Africa into the United States -
battle of tipcanoe
defeated the Shawnee Indians at the Tippecanoe River in northern Indiana; victory fomented war fever against the British, who were believed to be aiding the Indians. -
the missouri compromise
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time -
indian removal act
authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
turner and some other slaves snuck into their master's house and killed him and his family, they then went around town killing at least 55 whites until they were stopped by white authorities -
trail of tears
Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw tribes to give up their land east of the Mississippi River and migrate to 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
the U.S. Supreme Court stated that slaves were not citizens of the United States and could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts -
emancipation proclamation
it declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th ammendment
abolished slavery in all of the U.S. -
14th ammendment
made every man equal, including slaves -
15th ammendment
the right for every man to vote regardless of race -
battle of little big horn
the Sioux and Cheyenne had won the Battle of the Little Bighorn, killing Custer and every one of his men. -
battle of wounded knee
the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota -
Plessy vs. ferguson
accommodated the equal but separate law