American Heroes

A _______ is a person who makes a difference in the lives of others.

• hero

• pioneer

• settler

_____________ helped American colonists win independence.

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• Thurgood Marshall

Benjamin Franklin started the first public library in the United States.

• true

• false

_____________ helped make the White House a symbol of America.

• Hellen Keller

• George Washington

• Dolley Madison

_____________ gave many speeches around the country for the rights of African Americans and women.

• Sojourner Truth

• Cesar Chavez

• W.E.B Du Bois

The ___________ are the rights of the people.

• free rights

• civil rights

• happy rights

George Washington Carver was a scientist and inventor who helped southern farmers by teaching them to rotate crops to enrich the soil.

• true

• false

Some heroes have new ideas that help improve our lives. We call them ____________.

• explorers

• traders

• innovators

Other heroes show _____________. They take brave steps to change the way we think about our world.

• individualism

• partnership

• citizenship

Sequoyah invented an alphabet for the Cherokee language.

• true

• false