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The Scalp Act
British governor Edward Cornwallis created an extirpation proclamation, which included a bounty for male scalps or prisoners. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
three-fifths compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
Trans-Atlantic slave trade -
Battle of Tippecanoe
United States and the Native Confederacy of Indians fought -
The Missouri Compromise
balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the country with those of southern states to expand it -
Trail of Tears
Native Americans were relocated to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. -
Indian Removal Act
The act of removing Indians from the US territory. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
“Nat” Turner (1800-1831) was an enslaved man who led a rebellion of slaves people -
The Fugitive Slave Act
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, -
Dred Scott Decision
Denied the legality of black citizenship in America -
Emancipation Proclamation
It was declared that "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
The amendment that abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment
This Amendment granted African-American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne -
Battle of Wounded Knee
A massacre of nearly three hundred Lakota people by soldiers -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal -
Massacre at Mystic
A surprise attack on Mystic Fort that left 500 adults and children of the Pequot tribe dead