Important People

Who overcame her disabilities and worked to help others?

She was blind and deaf.

• Rosa Parks

• Martha Washington

• Helen Keller

• Betsy Ross

Who led the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• Cesar Chavez

• Christopher Columbus

Who started the first volunteer fire department in America?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thurgood Marshall

• Helen Keller

• Cesar Chavez

Who was a lawyer that defended people at a time when not all people had equal rights?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• George Washington Carver

This woman refused to give up her seat on a public bus. She helped change laws and fought for equal rights.

• Helen Keller

• Susan B. Anthony

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

He was an African American man who studied science and plants.

• George Washington Carver

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Cesar Chavez

• Abraham Lincoln

Who proved that electricity was present in lightning with his kite experiment?

• George Washington Carver

• Thurgood Marshall

• Benjamin Franklin

• Jackie Robinson

Who was president of the United States and helped free African American slaves?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Jackie Robinson

• George Washington Carver

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was an African American minister who worked so that all people would be treated fairly?

• Jackie Robinson

• Helen Keller

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

He was a Mexican American leader who worked to improve conditions for farm workers.

• Cesar Chavez

• George Washington Carver

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King, Jr.