Success Stories from American History

Success Stories from American History

Multiple Choice

Identify the famous Englishman (and early American) who rose from an impoverished childhood in the English countryside to become a famous sailor, mercenary, writer... and early leader of the Jamestown colony.

• Captain John Smith

• Anthony Johnson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Frederick Douglass

Multiple Choice

Identify the former slave who rose to become a landowner and, somewhat disturbingly, to own slaves himself.

• Hubert Humphery

• Anthony Johnson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Calvin Coolidge

Multiple Choice

Identify the famous American who rose to become a famous businessman, politician and scientist... all after running away from home and arriving in Philadelphia with no more than a few pennies.

• Chester A. Arthur

• William Henry Harrison

• Joe Cannon

• Benjamin Franklin

Multiple Choice

Identify the escaped slave who became a writer, an abolitionist and, eventually, the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

• Courtney Terrier

• King Alfonso

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

Identify the son of Scottish immigrants who became the owner of U.S. Steel and one of the richest men in America in the year 1900.

• Andrew Carnegie

• Andrew Jackson

• Rumplestilskin

• Captain John Smith

Multiple Choice

This famous American became the primary breadwinner for his family at age 14... he went on to serve in the U.S. Congress for over 40 years.

• Frederick Douglass

• Cesar Chavez

• Joseph Gurney Cannon (AKA: Joe Cannon)

• Jeff Foxworthy

Multiple Choice

This son of Canadian immigrants, with no official education, invented the lightbulb and became one of the leading businessmen in America.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Garrison Keillor

• Jimmy Stewart

Multiple Choice

At age 37, this daughter of former slaves was still working as a laundress in St. Louis. By the time she died, she was a millionaire and owned a major factory in Indianapolis, IN.

• Queen Elizabeth

• Madame CJ Walker

• Harriet Tubman

• WEB Dubois