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Massacre at Mystic
was also known as the Pequot massacre
Connecticut Colony, Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River -
the 3/5ths compromise
It determined that three out of every five slaves were counted -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
in January 1808 the legal flow of new Africans into this country stopped forever. -
battle of tippecanoe
was fought on November 7, 1811, in Battle Ground, Indiana, between American forces led by then Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and tribal forces -
the missouri compromise
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, -
The Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. It authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian land -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 -
Nat Turners Rebellion
the Nat Turner Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton county Virginia -
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dred scott decision
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America -
the fugitive slave act
the act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. -
The Scalp Act
provides a glimpse into how this brutal system worked. -
emancipation proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
14th amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States -
13th amendment
It forbids slavery across the United States and in every territory under its control, except as a criminal punishment.
this abolished slavery -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne.
but this caused the United States to increase their efforts putting Indians onto reservation land -
battle of wounded knee
The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee, was the deadliest mass shooting in American history, involving nearly three hundred Lakota people shot and killed by soldiers of the United States Army. -
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
upheld state-imposed Jim Crow laws