Important People in the United States

Important People in the United States George Washington _____ 1. President of the United States

Alexander Hamilton _____ 2. Started first free libraries/U.S. Diplomat Benjamin Franklin _____ 3. President during Civil War, freed the slaves Woodrow Wilson _____ 4. Wrote the Federalist Papers

Barack Obama _____ 5. First President/Father of our country

Thomas Jefferson _____ 6. Governor of Minnesota

Martin Luther King _____ 7. Worked for women’s rights

Mark Dayton _____ 8. President during World War 1

Abraham Lincoln _____ 9. Wrote the Declaration of Independence Franklin Roosevelt _____

10. Fought for civil rights Susan B. Anthony _____

11. President during the Great Depression and World War 2

Unit 6, Citizenship A&B Assessment Created by Jessica Horning, Minnesota Literacy Council, 2012