Important People from 5th Grade

This man is known for inventing peanut products, sweet potato products and crop rotation. 

• Charles Lindbergh
• George Washington
• Thomas Edison 
• George Washington Carver

This man invented the light bulb. 

• Alexander Graham Bell 
• Thomas Edison 
• Wright Brothers 
• George Washington Carver

These men created the first powered airplane and had their first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC. 

• Thomas Edison 
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Wright Brothers
• George Washington Carver

This man invented the telephone. 

• Alexander Graham Bell 
• Thomas Edison 
• Charles Lindbergh 
• George Washington Carver

Who was the president during the Spanish American War and helped lead us to be a world power? 

• Franklin Roosevelt 
• Theodore Roosevelt 
• William McKinley 
• Woodrow Wilson 

This man was a Rough Rider and helped construct the Panama Canal that opened the U.S. up to world trade. 

• Woodrow Wilson 
• Theodore Roosevelt 
• William McKinley 
• Franklin Roosevelt 

Who was the leader of the Sioux tribe and helped beat General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn? 

• Sitting Cow
• Raging Custer
• Sitting Bull 
• Bullrun

This man made baseball popular during the 1920s. 

• Jesse Owens
• Charles Lindbergh
• Babe Ruth 
• Alexander Graham Bell 

This man was the famous African American writer that is known for his poetry during the Harlem Renaissance. 

• Louis Armstrong 
• Duke Ellington 
• George Washington Carver
• Langston Hughes 

This man is a famous Jazz musician that played the trumpet. 

• Louis Armstrong 
• Duke Ellington 
• George Washington Carver
• Charles Lindbergh