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Massacre at Mystic
It was the first defeat of the Pequot people by the English in the Pequot War -
Massacre at Mystic
It was the first defeat of the Pequot people by the English in the Pequot War. -
The Scalp Act
the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
It was determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when they were determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
In January 1808 the legal flow of new Africans into this country stopped forever. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
Governor William Henry Harrison led troops against a confederacy of all the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi and the Americans won. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a federal legislation of the US that balanced the desires of the northern states to prevent the expansion of slavery in the country with those of the southern states to expand it. -
Indian Removal Act
It authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people -
Nat Turner Rebellion
His action set off a massacre of up to 200 Black people and a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. -
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
It denied the legality of black citizenship in America and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
They are allowing slaves to be free and ending slavery. -
14th Amendment
No State can make or enforce any law that will abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States -
15th Amendment
Gives the rights for black men to vote -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The battle of Little Bighorn was a big victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne. The death of Custer and his troops became a rallying point for the United States to increase their efforts to force native peoples onto reservation lands. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
A gun was discharged and soldiers opened fire and when the shooting stopped hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children had died. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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