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WorksheetsFamous Americans
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who was the first African American to play major league baseball?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jackie Robinson
George Washington Carver
Thurgood Marshall
Helen Keller is remembered because....
she would not give up her seat on the bus.
she sailed on the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
wanted to help others with disabilities.
was the 16th President of the United States.
True of False: Martin Luther King used violence to protest the unjust laws.
True
False
Abraham Lincoln was our 16th President. He is known for...
discovering lots of uses for peanuts.
discovering the "New World."
being the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
helping to free the slaves.
Rosa Parks was arrested because
she was blind and deaf.
she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
she freed the slaves.
she was a Mexican American farm worker.
True or False: Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity with a key and kite experiment.
True
False
George Washington Carver is known as....
a blind and deaf person
a Supreme Court judge
an Italian explorer
a botanist and inventor
Who was a lawyer and judge that helped pass laws so that black and white children could go to school together?
Cesar Chavez
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
Who was known for helping Mexican American farm workers?
Christopher Columbus
Benjamin Franklin
Cesar Chavez
Abraham Lincoln
Which holiday is celebrated on November 11th every year?
Christmas
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
Labor Day
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to join ________.
the U.S. Army
the Olympics
Major League Baseball
the U.S. Congress
Who is famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Abraham Lincoln
Helen Keller
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jackie Robinson
