Laws that governed the lives of the slaves
What are Slave Codes/ Black Codes
The Indians were force to move to a new Indian Territory and many died along the way
What is Trail of Tears
an area of land that doubled the United States, bought from France
What is the Louisiana Purchase
A bill to exclude slavery from any of the territory acquired from Mexico
What is the Wilot Proviso
Principle that the rights of the individual states should prevail over the rights of the Federal government
What is States' Rights
Funds from the lease of acres of Chickasaw land, used for schools in counties within the Cession
What is the Chickasaw School Funds
The largest port for trading
What is New Orleans
He had a trading post on the Pearl River. a Bluff was named after him
Who is Louis LeFleur
A 1787 law that established the NW territory, provided government and forbade slavery in the Territory
What is the NW Ordinance of 1787