Early American Discrimination Timeline

  • Massacre at Mystic

    Pequot Indians were massacred.
  • The Scalp Act

    put a bounty on Indian scalps
  • The 3/5ths Compromise

    3/5 of slave population would be counted.
  • Battle of Tippecanoe

    native Americans and Whites fought this battle in Indiana.
  • The Missouri Compromise

    Used to prevent the spread of slavery.
  • Indian Removal Act

    They wanted to remove all Indians.
  • Trail of Tears

    Indians were pushed out west.
  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    A rebellion against slavery.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    Freed Slaves had to be returned to owner, if they became a fugitive.
  • Dred Scott Decision

    No African American would be free.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Slaves in rebellious states are set 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

    Abolished slavery.
  • Slave Trade Ends in the United States

    Slavery was abolished
  • 15th Amendment

    denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote
  • Battle of Little Bighorn

    Battle against the Plains indians.
  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    Lakota people were massacred.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution