Famous Americans (Part 1)

An important act or gift that helps others.

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He was an African American man who studied science and plants. He beame a teacher, and he developed hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington Carver

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

He was the first explorer to discover a sea route to America. He discovered the Western hemisphere, and he led the way for European exploration and colonization in the Americas.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

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• Christopher Columbus

He proved that electricity was present in lightning through his kite experiment. He started the first library and the first volunteer fire department in America.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Abraham Lincoln

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington Carver

President of the United States who helped free African American slaves.

• Christopher Columbus

• Abraham Lincoln

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington Carver