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Massacre at Mystic
Pequot warriors attacked the village of Wethersfield killing six men and three women, all unarmed non-combatants. -
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. For females above 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 was 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 -
Battle of Tippecanoe
prompted Tecumseh to ally his remaining forces with Great Britain during the War of 1812 -
The Missouri Compromise
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time -
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 on lands in Indian Territory -
Nat Turner Rebellion
an enslaved preacher and self-styled prophet, leads the deadliest revolt of enslaved people in Virginia's history, -
The Fugitive Slave 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 enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts -
Emancipation Proclamation
declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the United States. -
14th Amendment
granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” -
15th Amendment
granted African American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and every last one of his soldiers was dead. -
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
a landmark 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