Historical Figures 11-21/ IXL: Grade 2

Morgan & Mr. A. ask:

Which 4 historical figures have their faces carved into Mount Rushmore?

Select ALL that apply.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington Carver

Morgan & Mr. A ask:

Why was Rosa Parks sent to jail?

• she wouldn't give up her

  bus seat to a white man

• she was listening to the song,

  Locker 142, too loud on the bus

• she wouldn't talk to the bus driver

  on their trip to Mount Rushmore

• everybody on the bus disliked her for inventing ways to use peanuts

Liam asks:

In what part of the United States

did BOTH Rosa Parks and

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reside?

• The Northeast

• The South

• The West

• The Midwest

Liam asks:

Thomas Edison is BEST known for

his work on which invention?

• the automobile

• the light bulb

• the radio

• the personal computer

• the peanut

Claudia & Mr. A ask:

When were electric light bulbs

first put into HOMES,

AND in what major U.S. city was it?

• 1700's in Chicago, Illinois

• 1800's in Manhattan, New York

• 1600's in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1900's in Menlo Park, New Jersey

Claudia asks:

What is George Washington Carver

best known for?

• being the first African American president

• fighting for women's rights

• inventing the cotton gin

• studying farming and crops

• inventing the Teddy Bear

Kolton asks:

What did Amelia Earhart do successfully to become famous around the world?

• first woman to become president of the United States

• first woman to fly solo around the world

• first woman to escape from slavery

• first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean

• first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Kolton asks:

Becoming the first African American baseball player on a major league team, for which baseball team did Jackie Robinson play?

• The Brooklyn Bombers

• The Brooklyn Dodgers

• The Los Angeles Dodgers

• The New York Yankees

• The Pittsburgh Pirates

Jamie asks:

Before being the first man to walk on the moon, what was Neil Armstrong's job in the U.S. Navy?

• pilot

• radio operator

• doctor

• mechanic

• astronaut

Jamie asks:

What was the name of the famous speech that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?

• "We Fight for Freedom"

• "We Shall Overcome"

• "I Have a Dream"

• "Equality for All Americans"

• "The Emancipation Proclamation"