Who am I? 3rd grade Famous Americans After each clue is read, hold up the name of the person you think is being described.
Who Am I? I was born a slave in Maryland in 1818. I taught myself to read. I escaped slavery and went to New York.
Frederick Douglass
Who Am I? I was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1735. I was a member of the Sons of Liberty, which was a secret society of American Patriots.
Paul Revere
Who Am I? I was born in 1875 in South Carolina. I was a teacher who fought for civil and women’s rights.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who Am I? I was born in 1820 in Massachusetts. I traveled to New York and Washington, DC, to speak about women’s suffrage.
Susan B. Anthony
Who Am I? I was born in New York City, New York in 1884. In 1933, I became the First Lady (because I was married to the President).
Eleanor Roosevelt
Who Am I? I was the president during the Great Depression. I visited Warm Springs, GA, to get help for my polio (illness).
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who Am I? I was born in Maryland in 1908. In 1941, I won the right of an African American teacher to be paid the same as other teachers.
Thurgood Marshall
Who Am I? I was born in Arizona in 1927. I founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.
Cesar Chavez
Who Am I? I was born in Hyde Park, New York in 1882. I was elected to the New York Senate in 1921.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who Am I? I was born in 1908 in Texas. I became President in 1963 after JFK was assassinated.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who Am I? I led marches and went on a fast to protest pesticides and unfair work environments. worked to improve workers’ rights to ensure that everyone received fair pay and treatment, no matter their race or color.
Cesar Chavez
Who Am I? I was the president who is remembered for his Great Society policies where Medicare, Medicaid, and the Civil Rights Acts were passed.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who Am I? I started a school in Daytona Beach, FL, which later became a four-year college.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Who Am I? I chose Thurgood Marshall as the first African American judge on the US Supreme Court.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who Am I? I argued the segregation of public schools and won the case! The Supreme Court declared that public schools could not be segregated.
Thurgood Marshall
Who Am I? I helped write the United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights in New York City. I was also married to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Who Am I? After getting married, I moved to Massachusetts. I became an abolitionist speaker and helped other slaves escape.
Frederick Douglass
Who Am I? I was arrested for voting. The 19th amendment was passed (to give women the right to vote) after I died.
Susan B. Anthony
Who Am I? I served as the first black US Supreme Court Justice and fought many civil rights cases in court.
Thurgood Marshall
Who Am I? In 1863, I met President Lincoln in Washington, DC. I also published the abolitionist newspaper North Star.
Frederick Douglass
Who Am I? I am considered an American hero because I helped to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
Who Am I? I fought for women to have the right to vote. I am also the first woman to ever have my picture on a piece of US money.
Susan B. Anthony
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Cesar Chavez
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Thurgood Marshall
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Susan B. Anthony
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Paul Revere
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Frederick Douglass
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