1. Famous American
Face-Off

2. As a Native American who spoke English, I helped white settlers
As a Native American who spoke English, I helped white settlers. I served as their teacher, guide, and peace negotiator with neighboring tribes.
Squanto
Sitting Bull

3. As a Native American who spoke English, I helped white settlers
As a Native American who spoke English, I helped white settlers. I served as their teacher, guide, and peace negotiator with neighboring tribes.
Squanto
Sitting Bull

4. As a Native American woman, I helped white explorers on a mapping expedition, a walking journey of 5,000 miles I served as their guide and saved them from hunger and danger.
Pocahontas
Sacagawea

5. As a Native American woman, I helped white explorers on a mapping expedition, a walking journey of 5,000 miles I served as their guide and saved them from hunger and danger.
Pocahontas
Sacagawea

6. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
My husband worried and my friends gasped at my shocking idea - women should have the right to vote “Have it, we must. Use it, we will!”
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
My husband worried and my friends gasped at my shocking idea - women should have the right to vote “Have it, we must. Use it, we will!”
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

8. “ I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves …are, and henceforward shall be free... and that the … government … will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” -from the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson

9. “ I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves …are, and henceforward shall be free... and that the … government … will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.” -from the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson

10. Coretta Scott King Mary McLeod Bethune
I had a dream - to start a school for African American girls My first students used burnt wood for pencils and crushed berries for ink. As a teacher and leader, I stood up for quality education for African Americans.
Coretta Scott King
Mary McLeod Bethune

11. Coretta Scott King Mary McLeod Bethune
I had a dream - to start a school for African American girls My first students used burnt wood for pencils and crushed berries for ink. As a teacher and leader, I stood up for quality education for African Americans.
Coretta Scott King
Mary McLeod Bethune

12. My mother taught me to be a good citizen and to get involved
My mother taught me to be a good citizen and to get involved. She gave food and lodging to poor farm workers, who worked in unfair conditions. I followed in her footsteps as their teacher and fought for change.
Dolores Huerta
Cesar Chavez

13. My mother taught me to be a good citizen and to get involved
My mother taught me to be a good citizen and to get involved. She gave food and lodging to poor farm workers, who worked in unfair conditions. I followed in her footsteps as their teacher and fought for change.
Dolores Huerta
Cesar Chavez

14. Willie Mays Jackie Robinson
I was the first African American to play major league baseball. I played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and we won six World Series. After I retired from baseball, I continued to work for civil rights.
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson

15. Willie Mays Jackie Robinson
I was the first African American to play major league baseball. I played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and we won six World Series. After I retired from baseball, I continued to work for civil rights.
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson

16. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
I had a sister with special needs, who was an important person in my life I wanted to improve the lives of those with intellectual disabilities I founded the Special Olympics and helped to change laws for them.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eunice Kennedy Shriver

17. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
I had a sister with special needs, who was an important person in my life I wanted to improve the lives of those with intellectual disabilities I founded the Special Olympics and helped to change laws for them.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eunice Kennedy Shriver

18. As a minority woman, I achieved great academic success and became a doctor. I traveled to Africa and Asia to treat the poor. Then, I returned to the United States and fulfilled my dream – to become an astronaut.
Mae Jemison
Ellen Ochoa

19. As a minority woman, I achieved great academic success and became a doctor. I traveled to Africa and Asia to treat the poor. Then, I returned to the United States and fulfilled my dream – to become an astronaut.
Mae Jemison
Ellen Ochoa

20. John Glenn James Lovell
My space mission is best remembered for the call for help:
“Houston, we have a problem.”
John Glenn
James Lovell

21. John Glenn James Lovell
My space mission is best remembered for the call for help:
“Houston, we have a problem.”
John Glenn
James Lovell