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Massacre at Mystic
A pre-dawn attack on Mystic Fort that left 500 adults and children of the Pequot tribe dead -
The Scalp Act
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above the age of 12 would be given 150 pieces of eight, ($150), for females above the age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130. -
The 3/5ths Compromise
compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
a new Federal law made it illegal to import captive people from Africa into the United States. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
the victory of a seasoned U.S. expeditionary force under Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh's brother Laulewasikau -
The Missouri Compromise
a law that tried to address growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery -
nat turner rebellion
On August 21, 1831, Nathanial "Nat" Turner (1800–1831), an oppressed man, led a revolt of slaves. His action sparked a massacre that killed up to 200 Black people and resulted in a new wave of harsh laws that forbade enslaved people from gathering, moving, or attending school. -
Indian Removal Act
authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Trail of Tears
A journey that the five tribes took during the forced removal from the southeast -
The Fugitive Slave Act
permitted for the seizure and return of runaway slaves who escaped from one state and fled into another -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott Case in Missouri, 1846–1857. The United States Supreme Court supported slavery in American territories, rejected the legitimacy of black citizenship in the country, and ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional in its 1857 ruling, which shocked the whole country. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country was approaching its third year of a deadly civil war. In the rebelling states, the proclamation stated "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforth shall be free." -
13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime. -
14th Amendment
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along the ridges, steep bluffs, and ravines of the Little Bighorn River, in south-central Montana on June 25-26, 1876. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in the area of Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine