Early American Discrimination

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic
    During the Pequot War, when a force from the Connecticut Colony under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River.
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act
    Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight, ($150), for females above age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130.
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    The 3/5ths Compromise
    It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation.
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    Slave Trade Ends in the United States
    The legal flow of new Africans into this country stopped forever.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe
    Deemed an American victory, the battle had far-lasting implications with Native
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    Drew a line from east to west along the 36th parallel, dividing the nation into competing halves—half free, half slave.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    which forcibly removed thousands of American Indians from their homelands in the southeastern United States. They were relocated to an area of land then known as Indian Territory or the state of Oklahoma.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    Authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion
    An enslaved preacher and self-styled prophet named Nat Turner launched the most deadly slave revolt in the history of the United States.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act
    Required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    the United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories, and denied the legality of black citizenship in America.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    After three years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln stated that this was not a war for us; it was a fight to abolish slavery.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    Slavery was now outload
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United State
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    Grants the right to vote for all male citizens regardless of their ethnicity or prior slave status.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    A defining moment for two Native American nations, the Cheyenne and the Lakota Sioux.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws it became the legal basis for racial segregation in the United States.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    The town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota was seized, by followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM), who staged a 71-day occupation of the area.