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I was born in Mayesville, South Carolina. I devoted my life to helping African American individuals have better educational opportunities.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
100
I was born in 1745 in Boston, Massachusetts. I was a Patriot and a member of the Sons of Liberty. I worked as a silversmith. I wanted America to be free from British rule.
Who is Paul Revere?
100
I spent much of my life in a wheelchair because I had the disease polio. Many of my treatments took place in Georgia. Even though I had poor health, I always worked to complete my job as President to the best of my ability.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
I was born in Baltimore, Maryland. I grew up when things were segregated. I worked as a lawyer to help end segregation in education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
100
I grew up in a very wealthy family in New York. I was honored to be a First Lady.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
I spent much of my childhood as a slave before I escaped. I had dressed up to look like a sailor to disguise myself. I helped other slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
200
I was born in Arizona. I had to quit school early to work in the fields to help my family have an income. I spent much of my life living in California as a migrant farm worker.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
200
I grew up in a Quaker family in Massachusetts. Women did not have the same rights as men at the time and I worked to change that for our country. I believed men and women should be treated equally and paid equally for the same work.
Who is Susan B. Anthony
200
I was the first lady to have my picture printed on money. My face was added to the One Dollar Coin.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
200
I was born in Stonewall, Texas. My family was extremely poor and we did not have running water in our home or electricity.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
I helped organize protests and strikes in an effort to make working conditions better for workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
300
I took the famous midnight ride to try to warn others the British Army was coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
300
I am known for devoting my life to preserving Human Rights. I helped write the Declaration of Human Rights. I also helped begin the United Nations.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
I started a school in Daytona Beach, Florida and that school is now known as Bethune-Cookman College.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
300
I was elected President four times and I am most known for my "New Deal". The "New Deal" was a plan to put more people back to work.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
My family members were all abolitionists. I worked hard to help end slavery. I also devoted a great deal of time to working for woman's rights, especially their right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
400
I was a lawyer as a young adult. Later I was the first African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
I was the youngest individual elected as a United States Senator. I was later President of the United States and I am well known for "The Great Society".
Who is Lydon B. Johnson?
400
I dressed up like a man and voted even though I knew it was against the law. I was arrested but I continued to work hard to help women be allowed to vote just like men could.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
400
I wrote an autobiography about my experience as an enslaved farm worker. I worked with Abraham Lincoln to help end slavery. I wrote my own newspaper, "The North Star."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
I was President of the United States during the Great Depression and World War 11.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
I did not want to live as a slave and I knew very young that learning to read and write was important for success. I worked hard and I later gave many speeches and wrote a book. I was a very famous abolitionist.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
500
I helped to organize the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Paul Revere?
500
I did a great deal of traveling for my husband who was disabled. During this time I was able to see how I could help to make the world a better place for people to live.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
500
Double Jeopardy... Name all NINE of our Famous American Heroes in this unit.
In any order... Who are Paul Revere, Thurgood Marshall, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Cesar Chavez, and Frederick Douglass.