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Massacre at Mystic
This was the first loss for the Pequot brought by the English -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be fined $150 -
The 3/5ths Compromise
In slave states 3 out of every 5 slaves were counted toward that states population -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
Slavery is still legal in the states but trading for them is now illegal. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
A battle fought between American forces and native American warriors -
Indian Removal Act
authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Turner along with others marched through the night tup to his masters' house and killed his owner as well as 55 others -
Trail of Tears
American Indians living between Michigan, Louisiana, and Florida moved west after the U.S. government coerced treaties or used the U.S. Army -
Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves in the rebelling states would be set free -
13th Amendment
Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime -
14th amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States -
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 -
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution -
Battle of Little Bighorn
A victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne -
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.