1. Who am I? 3rd grade Famous Americans
After each clue is read, hold up the name of the person you think is being described.

2. Who Am I?
I was born a slave in Maryland in I taught myself to read. I escaped slavery and went to New York.

3. Frederick Douglass

4. Who Am I?
I was born in Boston, Massachusetts in I was a member of the Sons of Liberty, which was a secret society of American Patriots.

5. Paul Revere

6. Who Am I?
I was born in 1875 in South Carolina. I was a teacher who fought for civil and women’s rights.

7. Mary McLeod Bethune

8. Who Am I?
I was born in 1820 in Massachusetts. I traveled to New York and Washington, DC, to speak about women’s suffrage.

9. Susan B. Anthony

10. Who Am I?
I was born in New York City, New York in In 1933, I became the First Lady (because I was married to the President).

11. Eleanor Roosevelt

12. Who Am I?
I was the president during the Great Depression. I visited Warm Springs, GA, to get help for my polio (illness).

13. Franklin D. Roosevelt

14. Who Am I?
I was born in Maryland in In 1941, I won the right of an African American teacher to be paid the same as other teachers.

15. Thurgood Marshall

16. Who Am I?
I was born in Arizona in I founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962.

17. Cesar Chavez

18. Who Am I?
I was born in Hyde Park, New York in I was elected to the New York Senate in 1921.

19. Franklin D. Roosevelt

20. Who Am I?
I was born in 1908 in Texas. I became President in 1963 after JFK was assassinated.

21. Lyndon B. Johnson

22. 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.

23. Cesar Chavez

24. 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.

25. Lyndon B. Johnson

26. Who Am I?
I started a school in Daytona Beach, FL, which later became a four-year college.

27. Mary McLeod Bethune

28. Who Am I?
I chose Thurgood Marshall as the first African American judge on the US Supreme Court.

29. Lyndon B. Johnson

30. 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.

31. Thurgood Marshall

32. 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.

33. Eleanor Roosevelt

34. Who Am I?
After getting married, I moved to Massachusetts. I became an abolitionist speaker and helped other slaves escape.

35. Frederick Douglass

36. Who Am I?
I was arrested for voting. The 19th amendment was passed (to give women the right to vote) after I died.

37. Susan B. Anthony

38. Who Am I?
I served as the first black US Supreme Court Justice and fought many civil rights cases in court.

39. Thurgood Marshall

40. Who Am I?
In 1863, I met President Lincoln in Washington, DC. I also published the abolitionist newspaper North Star.

41. Frederick Douglass

42. Who Am I?
I am considered an American hero because I helped to warn the colonists that the British were coming.

43. Paul Revere

44. 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.

45. Susan B. Anthony

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47. Cesar Chavez

48. Who Am I?

49. Thurgood Marshall

50. Who Am I?

51. Mary McLeod Bethune

52. Who Am I?

53. Susan B. Anthony

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55. Paul Revere

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57. Franklin D. Roosevelt

58. Who Am I?

59. Eleanor Roosevelt

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61. Frederick Douglass

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