Famous Americans

Overcame her disabilities and worked to help others who were blind and deaf.

• Helen Keller
• Susan B. Anthony
• Betsy Ross
• Rosa Parks

First president of the new nation when the basic principles were put into practice.

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln

Led the peaceful marshes and demonstrations to gain equal rights and treatment for African Americans.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• George Washington
• Cesar Chavez
• Thurgood Marshall

Proved that electricity was present in lightning with his kite experiment. Started the first library and first volunteer fire department in America.

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington Carver
• Thomas Jefferson
• Cesar Chavez

American Indian girl, daughter of Powhatan, who came with her father's people to visit the settlers at Jamestown. Worked to help the settlers receive food from the American Indians.

• Pocahontas
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Rosa Parks
• Betsy Ross

African American who studied science and plants. Became a teacher. Developed hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.

• George Washington Carver
• George Washington
• Cesar Chavez
• Powhatan

Led the struggle to get equal rights for women. Fought for women's right to vote.

• Susan B. Anthony
• Betsy Ross
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Helen Keller

Mexican American man who worked to improve conditions for farm workers.

• Cesar Chavez
• Powhatan
• Pocahontas
• George Washington Carver

American believed to have sewn one of the first flags for our country.

• Betsy Ross
• Rosa Parks
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Helen Keller

Wrote the Declaration of Independence, which states that people have certain rights.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington
• Thurgood Marshall