Famous Americans

Who was the first African American to play major league baseball?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jackie Robinson

• George Washington Carver

• Thurgood Marshall

Helen Keller is remembered because....

• she would not give up her seat on the bus.

• she sailed on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

• wanted to help others with disabilities.

• was the 16th President of the United States.

True of False: Martin Luther King used violence to protest the unjust laws.

• True

• False

Abraham Lincoln was our 16th President. He is known for...

• discovering lots of uses for peanuts.

• discovering the "New World."

• being the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

• helping to free the slaves.

Rosa Parks was arrested because

• she was blind and deaf.

• she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.

• she freed the slaves.

• she was a Mexican American farm worker.

True or False: Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity with a key and kite experiment.

• True

• False

Christopher Columbus is known for....

• discovering the "New World."

• helping migrant workers.

• being the plant doctor.

• being a scientist and founding father.

George Washington Carver is known as....

• a blind and deaf person

• a Supreme Court judge

• an Italian explorer

• a botanist and inventor

Who was a lawyer and judge that helped pass laws so that black and white children could go to school together?

• Cesar Chavez

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

Who was known for helping Mexican American farm workers?

• Christopher Columbus

• Benjamin Franklin

• Cesar Chavez

• Abraham Lincoln