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Massacre at Mystic
a force from 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
made it legal to kill Indian people -
The 3/5ths Compromise
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
stopped the flow of slaves into the country -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought between American soldiers and Native American warriors along the banks of the Kethtippecannunk a river in the heart of central Indiana. -
The Missouri Compromise
admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time -
Indian Removal Act
allows the president to give land west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian land within existing state borders -
Nat Turner Rebellion
was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia -
Trail of Tears
when some of the Indians were forced to leave their homes and go elsewhere. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state -
Dred Scott Decision
that slaves were not citizens -
Emancipation Proclamation
slaves in states that are rebelling are now free -
13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
a victory for the Indians and it helped bring more forces from the U.S to move them to there reservations. -
14th Amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
that the separation of blacks and whites does not violate the Constitution. -
15th Amendment
gives all men the right to vote -
Battle of Wounded Knee
A massacre of the Lakota men, women, and children.