Judy Potempa 4 th Grade, Social Studies Saint William School NOTE: In order to play this game, it must be viewed in slide show (F5)

Read the sentence on each slide. Then click on the button that provides the correct answer.

This African American woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Alabama. She was arrested, and her actions caused a bus boycott. Rosa Parks Condoleezza Rice Ruby Bridges Hall

Eli Whitney Henry Ford John Deere He changed the cotton industry through his invention of the cotton gin, which easily removed seeds from raw cotton.

Alexander Graham Bell Thomas Edison Cyrus McCormick He was a successful inventor who changed our way of living by creating many inventions, including the telephone.

Thurgood Marshall George Washington Carver Martin Luther King, Jr. He was our nation’s first African-American Supreme Court justice. Earlier in his law career, he argued an important case, Brown v. Board of Education, which was about students’ rights to education.

Jane Addams Ruby Bridges Ida Wells She founded Hull House in 1889 in Chicago - a settlement house that provided social and educational services.

John Muir Abraham Lincoln John Adams He has been called the “Father of National Parks.” He was known as a wilderness explorer and for his adventures in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Henry Ford Upton Sinclair Meriwether Lewis His model T automobile (car) helped to improve assembly line manufacturing in factories.

John Deere Eli Whitney Thomas Edison. He was a blacksmith who successfully developed the steel plow. His company still offers farming, construction, and lawn care equipment

George Washington Carver Henry Ford Cyrus McCormick He discovered uses for agricultural products (such as peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes).

Sequoyah Sacagawea Squanto His mom was a Cherokee (Native American) and his father was an English fur trader. He never learned to read or write but developed a Cherokee syllabary (writing system) which is still used today.

Thomas Edison Walt Disney William Clark He invented electric (incandescent) lighting and the phonograph (record player).

Margaret Murie Rosa Parks Condoleezza Rice She was called the “Mother of Wilderness” and did most of her work in the state of Alaska where she lived most of her life while promoting the protection of wilderness.