Civil Rights Leaders
1950s & 1960s
Women in History
It's A New World
Inventors in America
100
Who was a minister and fought for equal rights?
Dr. Martin Luther Kings, Jr.
100
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
100
Who did Anne Sullivan teach?
Helen Keller
100
Who sailed for Spain looking for a route to Asia?
Christopher Columbus
100
Who created the Bifocal glasses?
Benjamin Franklin
200
Who worked to improve the working conditions for farm workers?
Cesar Chavez
200
What did African Americans do for 381 days in Mobile, Alabama?
Bus boycott
200
Who refused to give her seat up on a bus?
Rosa Parks
200
Who was the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team?
Jackie Robinson
200
Who worked with peanuts?
George Washington Carver
300
What prize did Dr. King win?
Nobel Peace Prize
300
What is the name of Dr. King's famous speech?
"I Have a Dream"
300
True or False
Helen Keller was the first blind and deaf person to graduate college.
True
300
Whose number was retired by all major league baseball teams?
300
Who signed the Declaration of Independence along with Benjamin Franklin?
John Hancock
400
True or False
Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, and Cesar Chavez all won the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
True
400
What did Cesar Chavez lead to help migrant workers?
Marches and strikes
400
What was Rosa Park's job?
She was seamstress.
400
How many ships did Christopher Columbus sail to the Americas?
Three ships
400
What did Franklin use to help in his experiment with electricity?
A kite
500
What 2 people were members of the NAACP?
Thurgood Marshall and Rosa Parks
500
True or False
Thurgood Marshall was the lawyer on Green v. Board of Education.
False
500
What is believed to be the first word that Helen Keller learned to sign?
Water
500
What baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for?
The Brooklyn Dodgers
500
How many ways did George Washington Carver find to use peanuts?
300!