1. Famous Americans from the Fifth Grade TEKS

2. John Smith
John Smith was famous for being an Englishmen who helped the colony of Jamestown survive.

3. Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was famous for standing up to her leaders and was exiled from Massachusetts because she disagreed about their thoughts of religion.
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4. William Penn
William Penn was the first to settle a colony in Pennsylvania.

5. Benjamin Franklin
He was famous for discovering electricity. He was also a scientist, a writer, a printer, an inventor, and he was also a statesman.
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6. Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman was a judge and a mayor. He also proposed the Great Compromise that established the two houses of Congress.
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7. George Washington George Washington was the
Commander- in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was also our
first president in 1789.

8. Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was famous because he was the African American who designed the city of Washington D.C.
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9. Thomas Jefferson
He was famous for being the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was also the third president of the United States of America. He bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 from the country of France.
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10. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Lewis and Clark were famous for exploring the Louisiana Purchase. President Jefferson asked them to explore the new territory.
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11. James Madison
James Madison was famous for being the “Father of the Constitution” and the fourth president of the United States of America. He is known as the Father since he was the primary writer of the Constitution.
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12. George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was famous for making peanut products, as well as other foods.
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13. John James Audubon
He was famous for being a painter and a naturalist. He painted mostly birds.
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14. Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor that invented the light bulb and the phonograph.
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15. Franklin D. Roosevelt
He was a president famous for the New Deal and the Tammany fight in New York.
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16. Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a woman’s right leader who helped the 19th amendment pass in 1920.
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17. Clarence Birdseye
Clarence Birdseye was famous for inventing frozen foods in 1920s.
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18. Dwight D. Eisenhower
He was the lead general during World War II. He was elected president from
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19. Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was famous for helping black people gain the same rights as white people. He wanted equal treatment for everyone.
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20. Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is famous for sitting in the middle of the bus and not giving up her seat. It was the law in 1955 that black people could not sit in the front of the bus. They could only sit in the middle if a white person did not want to sit there. The bus driver told her she needed to move or that she would be arrested. She still didn’t move and was arrested.
mit.edu/ran/Public/ MLK%20Slides/

21. Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong is known because he was the first person to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
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22. Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was a famous Mexican American who was a labor leader in the 1950’s. He helped the Mexicans get the same rights as other migrants workers.
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23. Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was famous because he was a writer and an astronomer. He also taught at many colleges like Berkeley and Harvard.

24. Colin Powell
Colin Powell was famous because he served under presidents Reagan, and George Bush. He is also the former Secretary of State for George W. Bush.

25. Points to Ponder
Who do you think had the most impact the our country’s history?
In your opinion, who has had the greatest influence on our country?
How has that person impacted your life?
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