Praxis 5081 - US History Latest 2023 Graded A+

Praxis 5081 - US History Latest 2023 Graded A+ Pre-Columbian Era - Groups of hunters arrive from northwest Asia and cross the land bridge Bering Strait into North America, becoming the first Americans - The Mayans, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas settle in Central and South America - The Adena-Hopewell, Mississippian, and Pueblo Hohokam civilizations emerge in North America - The Renaissance flourishes through Europe, leading to a revival of learning, the rise of new and powerful monarchies and the growth of major cities. Squanto - Algonquian - taught early English settlers how to plant corn, squash, and pumpkins and helped them survive the winter Pocahontas - Algonquian - liaison with John Smith's Jamestown colony in 1607 Sacagawea - Shoshone - guide for Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805 Crazy Horse & Sitting Bull - leaders of Sioux and Cheyenne troops in the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876 - defeated American forces and George Armstrong Custer Chief Joseph - Nez Perce leader - supported peaceful interaction - attempted to relocate to Canada rather than a reservation Algonquians - eastern US - lived in wigwams - Northern tribes were hunters & gatherers - Southern tribes grew crops - involved with the fur trade - later, allied with French Iroquois - eastern US - lived in rectangular longhouses - Three Sisters farming: maize, beans, squash - made up of 6 tribes put together: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Tuscarora - Hiawatha made peace between tribes Plains Tribes - lived between Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains - nomadic tribes, followed buffalo herds - lived in teepees - include: Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche, Blackfoot Pueblo Tribes - Southwest deserts - houses made of stone or adobe - domesticated animals, cultivated corn and beans - include: Zuni, Hopi, Acoma Pacific Coast Tribes - lived in rectangular homes - totem poles - ate fish, deer, native berries and roots - included: Tlingit, Chinook, Salish Aleuts & Inuit - far North - lived in skin tents or igloos - hunted caribou, seals, whales, and walrus - talented fisherman - build kayaks and umiaks Discovery and Settlement of the New World - Britain, France, and Spain struggle to assert influence in America - Conflict between European and native peoples quickly turns to violence - Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation established as first permanent British settlements in North America - Mayflower Compact adopted; considered first example of self-government in the New World - 1626 Slave trade in New York begins Age of Discovery - starts in early 1400s - continues