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WorksheetsMD: Famous People
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
___ lived in Maryland. He was a famous African American inventor an astronomer.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Benjamin Banneker
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
2.
____ worked to end slavery.
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Babe Ruth
d)
Upton Sinclair
3.
___ helped slaves travel north through the Underground Railroad.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Billie Holiday
c)
Tom Clancy
d)
Harriett Tubman
4.
King Charles I gave ____ permission to start a new Maryland colony, but he died before he could get the colony started.
a)
Leonard Calvert
b)
Leon Uris
c)
George Calvert
d)
Frederick Douglass
5.
Cecil Calvert named Maryland after the king's wife ___.
a)
Mary, mother of Jesus
b)
Marie Calvert
c)
His niece, Mary
d)
Henrietta Maria
6.
George Calvert's son, ___, led the journey to Maryland.
a)
Leonard
b)
John
c)
Cecil
d)
Alexander
7.
Anne Tyler and ___ are famous Maryland authors.
a)
Billie Holiday
b)
Cal Ripken
c)
Tom Clancy
d)
Reuben Kramer
8.
___ was a sculptor and started the 1st integrated art school in Maryland.
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
Charles Willson Peale
c)
Anne Tyler
d)
Reuben Kramer
9.
___ made a U.S. flag that was still flying when the Bitish were defeated in Baltimore.
a)
Mary Pickersgill
b)
Harriett Tubman
c)
Billie Holiday
d)
Mary Calvert
10.
___ was known across the world as a jazz singer.
a)
Tom Clancy
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriett Tubman
d)
Billie Holiday
11.
___ was a composer and performer of ragtime music and musical comedy.
a)
Benjamin Banneker
b)
Edgar Allan Poe
c)
Eubie Blake
d)
John Wilkes Booth
12.
___ wrote scary stories and poems. The Ravens' football team was named for one of his poems.
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
Upton Sinclair
c)
Leon Uris
d)
Frederick Douglass
13.
___ was a famous artist. He was the first artist to paint George Washington's portrait.
a)
Eubie Blake
b)
John Wilkes Booth
c)
Charles Willson Peale
d)
Thurgood Marshall
14.
___ was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Benjamin Banneker
d)
Harriett Tubman
15.
___ wrote the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Mary Pickersgill
c)
Francis Scott Key
d)
Thurgood Marshall
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