Famous Floridians

What was John Gorrie’s job?

• a builder

• a sales person

• a postmaster

• a lawyer

What did John Gorrie invent?

• a toaster oven

• a new medicine to cure yellow fever

• a car

• a machine to make ice

Edison has been called one of the greatest inventors who ever lived. He is famous for inventing _____,_____, and _____.

• wires

• switches

• the first electric light

• all of the above choices

Edison set up the first ____________ ___________ for____________ which was considered his best invention of all.

• guest house for his friends

• salt water for pools

• scientific laboratory for inventors.

This famous Floridian built the first train to reach Key West .

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Plant

• Henry Flagler

• John Gorrie

Mary McLeod Bethune tried to help African Americans by

• writing novels and poems.

• giving away toys.

• starting a school to teach African American girls.

• making peanut butter sandwiches and selling them.

Who started a branch of NAACP in Brevard County, Florida?

• James Weldon Johnson

• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

• Harry T. Moore

• Vincent Martinez Ybor

_______________ created cartoons starring a funny mouse named Mickey.

• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

• Vincent Martinez Ybor

• John Gorrie

• Walt Disney

What community in Florida did Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings write about?

• St. Augustine

• Tampa

• Miami

• Cross Creek

Which famous Floridian has contributed to Florida's Tourism the most significantly?

• Walt Disney

• Henry Plant

• John Gorrie

• Harry T. Moore