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Massacre at Mystic
A pre-dawn attack on Mystic Fort left 500 adults and children of the Pequot tribe dead. -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight or the equivalent of $150 -
The 3/5ths Compromise
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
Congress made it illegal for Americans to slave trade between nations -
battle of tippecanoe
fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors along the banks of the Keth-tip-pe-can-nunk. -
The Missouri Compromise
Act to allow the people of Missouri to form a constitution and state government, and for the entry of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. -
indian removal act
This authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Trail of Tears
Native Americans were forced to leave Georgia for Oklahoma. -
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Nat Turner Rebellion
Turner and his followers started at his master's house and killed the entire family. They went throughout Southampton County in Virginia, killing at least 55 people until white authorities crushed the revolt. Turner avoided capture for nearly two months before he was caught. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory -
Dred Scott Decision
The United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
All slaves became free people. -
13th Amendment
It says "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
14th Amendment
It states everyone has “equal protection under the laws,” -
15th Amenment
It states “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
Fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana -
Battle of Wounded Knee
150-300 Lakota Indians were killed by Americans -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution