Discrimination Timeline

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Massacre at Mystic

    They attacked and burned the Pequot Fort, killing most of everyone, and burning the village.
  • The Scalp Act

    The Scalp Act

    killing of Native Americans by paying people for the scalps they got.
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    The 3/5ths Compromise

    Was an agreement at the 1787 Constitutional Convention to count three-fifths of the enslaved population when determining a state's total population for purposes of congressional representation and taxation.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    Battle of Tippecanoe

    Conflict between American forces led by William Harrison, and Native American warriors
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise

    It made Missouri a slave state and Maine as a free state.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

    The forced removal of Native American tribes from their land east of the Mississippi River to land in the west.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears

    forced approximately 100,000 Native Americans, including the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes, from their homelands in the southeastern United States to now Oklahoma.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner Rebellion

    It was a slave insurrection led by Nat Turner in Southampton County, Virginia. Around 60m white people died.
  • The Fugitive Slaved Act

    The Fugitive Slaved Act

    Authorized the capture and return of escaped enslaved people to their owners.
  • Dried Scott Decision

    Dried Scott Decision

    Declared enslaved people and their descendants could not be U.S. citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    An executive order issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States, with the sole exception of punishment for a crime for which a party has been convicted.
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    The Transatlantic Slave Trade was banned
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Prohibits the denial or abridgement of a citizen's right to vote based on race.
  • Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Battle of the Little Bighorn

    A momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Battle of Wounded Knee

    Army soldiers killed nearly 300 Lakota men, women, and children during an attempt to disarm them.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.