Early American Discrimation

By Pookie452

  • Massacre at Mystic

    During the Pequot war, English colonists and their Native allies attacked the Pequot villages, killing hundred of them.

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Enslaved preacher Nat Turner led a violent uprising in Virginia. Spread fear among slaveholder, leading to harsher slave law and restriction.

  • The Scalp Act

    Pennsylvania law offered bounties for Native American scalps. This encouraged violence and near-genocide of Native people.

  • The 3/5 Compromise

    Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to count enslaved people as three fifths of a person for representation. Gave slave states more power.

  • Slave Trade End

    Congress banned the importation of enslaved Africans. Slavery inside the U.S. continued, but the international trade ended

  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    U.S. troops fought Shawnee warrior under Tecumseh’s brother. It weakened Native resistance and opened land for settlers

  • The Missouri Compromise

    Allowed Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery north of a certain line. It temporarily balanced power.

  • Indian Removal Act

    Law signed by Andrew Jackson forcing Native Americans off their land. It began mass relocations westward.

  • The Fugitive Slave Acr

    Law required escaped enslaved people to be returned tot heir owners even from free states. It increased tension between North and South

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and had no rights to sue in federal courts. Strengthened slavery and increased sectional tensions before the Civil War.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Issued by President Abraham Lincoln, it declared enslaved people in confederate state free. It changed the civil war into a fight against slavery.

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery in the U.S Legally ended slavery, though discrimination continued.

  • 12th Amendment

    Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to everyone born in the U.S. to became a foundation for civil rights.

  • 15th Amendment

    Gave African American men the right to vote. Many were still blocked by discrimination and Jim Crow laws.

  • Battle of the Little Bighorn

    Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors defeated General Custer’s U.S. forces. It showed Native resistances but led to harsher U.S crackdowns

  • Trail of tears

    Native Americans were forced to march west, including women and children. It marked the end for Native armed resistance.

  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    U.S. soldiers massacred hundreds of Lakota Sioux, including women and children. It marked the end of Native armed resistance.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Supreme Court case that upheld racial segregation under “separation but equal” Legalized discrimination for decades