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People to Know
Important people for grade 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Sponsored by Spain;landed in Florida; Wanted to discover riches; legend states he discovered the fountain of youth. |
| Christopher Columbus | Sponsored by Spain; developed a regular sea route from Europe to North America; discovered the New World by landing in San Salvador; his missin was to find a western route to Asia. |
| Jacques Cartier | Sponsored by France; he wanted to discover riches and colonize the New World; explored the St. Lawrence River Valley ( near Quebec Canada); and he gave France a North American claim. |
| Christopher Newport | Sponsored by England; He wanted to discover riches especially gold;Find a western sea route to Asia; and to colonize North America. |
| Pocahontas | Native American girl who was a helper, and friend to settlers in Jamestown, VA. |
| George Washington | First United States President; known as the Father of Our Country; Worked under the new republican form of government;and helped put the basic principles into practice for the new nation. |
| Rosa Parks | A great African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a public bus;she helped bring about changes in laws and worked so that all people would have equal rights. |
| Thurgood Marshall | First African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court;as a lawyer, he defended people at a time when not all people had equal rights. |
| Jackie Robinson | First African American major league baseball player; his actions resulted in opportunities for other African Americans. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | African American minister who worked so that all people would be treated fairly; he helped bring about changes in laws through peaceful means;there is a national holiday in January to celebrate his accomplishments. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Born in Virginia; Third President of the U.S.; Wrote the Declaration of Independence which states that Americans have certain rights;he helped develop the country. |
| Abraham Lincoln | Sixteenth U.S. President;President during the Civil War;Known as honest Abe; He helped free African Americans. |
| Benjamin Franklin | Helped write the Declaration of Independence; he was the inventor of bifocals, the Franklin stove, a free library system, and the lightning rod. |
| George Washington Carver | Famous Plant Scientist; Found hundreds of uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | First woman appointed to be a member of the United Nations; during this appointment she supported human rights, equality, and traveled the world. |
| Susan B. Anthony | Led the struggle for equal rights for women; including the right to vote. |
| Harriet Tubman | African American abolitionist, humanitarian, and a union spy during the civil war; after escaping from slavery, she made more than 13 missions to rescue more than 70 slaves, using the underground railroad. |
| Cesar Chavez | Advocated for the rights of migrant farm workers. |
| Betsy Ross | Sewed the first United States Flag |
| Helen Keller | Due to an illness when she was young, Helen became blind and deaf; throughout her life, she overcame many challenges; she was an advocate for people with disabilities. |
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