American History

3. a president who helped protect forests, parks, and wildlife.
7. A scientist who discovered many ways to use peanuts and help farmers.
8. The first African American player in Major League Baseball.
10. Explorers who traveled across the western United States to learn about new lands.
11. A speaker and activist who fought for freedom and equal rights.
15. A businessman who made cars easier and cheaper for people to buy.
16. A Native American leader who worked to protect his people and land.
18. The main writer of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States.
21. A leader who worked for women to have the right to vote.
22. A civil rights leader who worked for equality using peaceful protest.
23. An inventor who helped create the light bulb and many other inventions.
24. The 16th president who helped end slavery and kept the country together during the Civil War.

1. The first president of the United States and a leader during the American Revolution.
2. The first person to walk on the moon.
4. Brothers who built and flew the first successful airplane.
5. A Native American guide who helped Lewis and Clark on their journey.
6. The first American woman to travel into space.
9. A mathematician who helped NASA send astronauts into space.
12. A brave woman who helped enslaved people escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
13. The inventor who is known for helping create the telephone.
14. A leader who worked for women’s voting rights.
17. A civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus.
19. A former enslaved person who became a leader for freedom and equal rights.
20. The first African American woman to travel into space.