Early American Discrimination

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic
    The Mystic Massacre was the first-ever battle between the Indians and the English which changed the course of America forever
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act
    this was a horrendous act where if you brought in the scalp of an Indian you would get paid a lot of money
  • The 3/5ths Compromise date

    The 3/5ths Compromise date
    this compromise made it so that every slave was counted as three-fifths of a person for the population count
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    Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    this act officially made it illegal to participate in slave trades
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe
    this was a battle between Americans and the Tenskwatawas and Americans won this battle
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise made it so that some states were slave free and some were not and so the states from the Missouri territory could be part of the state union
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    Trail of Tears

    this was a forced displacement of five tribes forcing them to leave there home and move to the west
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    this act forced the Indians out of the land that they were in to unsettled lands in the west
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    Nat Turner Rebellion

    he wanted freedom from his slavery and for all slaves
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act
    this law required that all slaves had to be returned to their owners even if they were in a free state
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    congress said that the slaves were Americans so they had no protection from fedarle governments
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    this was the order that all those enslaved were now to be free Americans
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    13th Amendment

    this was the official law saying that slavery was illegal
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    14th Amendment

    this law made it so that every man had equal rights
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    15th Amendment

    This amendment allowed African Americans the right to vote as a American
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    Battle of Little Bighorn

    this was a battle betwen english men and Indians where the Indians won
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    around 300 Indians were slaughtered during this battle which was known as the climax of the US Army's efforts to repress the Plains Indians
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    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    this said that it was legal to separate wight people from African American people