Early Americans
____________ proved electricity with a kite experiment.
Benjamin Franklin
__________ led peaceful marches for civil rights.
Martin Luther King Jr.
__________ was an African American baseball player.
Jackie Robinson
____________ helped free slaves.
Abraham Lincoln
___________ helped colonize the Americas
Columbus
____________ was an African American minister.
Martin Luther King Jr.
__________ developed many ways to use soy beans, peanuts, and sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver
____________ was a president of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln
___________ started the first volunteer fire department
Benjamin Franklin
Name 2 famous Americans that worked for equal rights for all.
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Cesar Chavez
Jackie Robinson
Thurgood Marshall
____________ was a lawyer that defended people at a time when not all people had equal rights.
Thurgood Marshall
___________ was a Mexican American farm worker.
Cesar Chavez
_____________ and ________________ were scientists.
George Washington Carver
Benjamin Franklin
____________ was a justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
___________ gave up her seat on a public bus.
Rosa Parks
____________ overcame her disabilities and worked to help others.
Helen Keller
____________ lead the way for European exploration.
Columbus
______________ gave the "I have a dream" speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
______________ studied science and became a teacher.
George Washington Carver
________________ started the first library in America.
Benjamin Franklin