Inventors
These two brothers invented the first airplane and flew it in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
She was a Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the West.
Who is Sacagawea?
He is known as the "Father of Our Country" and was the first President.
Who is George Washington?
He found hundreds of new ways to use peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
He was the first African American player in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He is famous for inventing the light bulb and the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
He was the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
He was the President during the Civil War and helped end slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
She was an African American mathematician (a "human computer") who helped NASA send astronauts to space.
Who is Mary Jackson?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
He invented the telephone, allowing people to talk to each other from far away.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
These two men were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the land west of the Mississippi River.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
He gave the "I Have a Dream" speech and fought for civil rights using peace.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
He was a doctor who created a vaccine (medicine) to stop a disease called Polio.
Who is Jonas Salk?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This man helped design Washington D.C. and made the first wooden clock in America.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
She was a famous pilot and the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus, which helped start the Civil Rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Even though she was deaf and blind, she became a famous author and speaker.
Who is Helen Keller?
He was the first man to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
He was a modern inventor who helped create the iPhone and Apple computers.
Who is Steve Jobs?
He explored the West with Lewis and Clark and was the first African American to cross the continent.
Who is York? (Alternatively accept: Meriwether Lewis if York hasn't been covered specifically).
He was a lawyer who fought for fair laws and became the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence and was also an architect and inventor.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
She was a leader who fought for women's right to vote (Suffrage).
Who is Susan B. Anthony?