Early American Discrimination

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic
    It was when a military group from the colony of Connecticut and they set fire to a Pequot village.
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act
    It was a law passed to make killing Indians legal for cash.
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    The 3/5ths Compromise
    They started the 3/5ths compromise to count the population and so they didn't have to count black people as real individuals.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe
    It was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors along the banks of the Keith-tip-pe-can-nunk River in central Indiana. The Indians called for a cease fire and in the night they started chanting war songs and started the battle.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was put in place to make Missouri a slave state and to make Mane free this was to keep balance.
  • The Trial of tears

    The Trial of tears
    The Trail of Tears was a 20-year time period between 1830 to 1850 and it was a forced migration of native Americans westward for land for Americans.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    This was where the president offered up land west of Mississippi in exchange of the land bordering the states.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion
    Nat Turner led a slave rebellion that was the biggest in history and they went and killed 55 white people all over the course of one day in Southampton county.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act
    This act said that slaves who escaped to the North had to be returned to their masters in the South.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision
    It was a court case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court and it was ruled that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and thus they could not receive any protection from the United States.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    It stated that all people held as slaves are now free.
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    Slave Trade Ends in the United States
    Slavery was abolished and made illegal in 1865 so no one could own any slaves.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    It made it illegal to own slaves in any state or territory unless as a punishment.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    No state shall make or enforce any law that goes against privileges and rights of citizens.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    This prohibited the government or states from denying anyone the privilege to vote based on race.
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle of Little Bighorn
    The battle took place in the southern parts of Montana and It was between Cheyenne and The 7th regiment.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee
    It was a battle between the Akota tribe and the US military and there were nearly 300 who died and it was considered a masacre.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    It proved that racial segregation laws were legal just as long as they were equal.