49106 american heroes

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American Heroes
I Match the name of the American hero (or heroine) with what he (or she) did:
____1. Geronimo

a. invented the telephone

____2. The Wright Brothers

b. athlete who won a lot of medals

____3. Helen Keller

c. U. S. president who abolished slavery

____4. Abraham Lincoln

d. black slave woman who fought for slaves’ freedom

____5. George Washington

e. Indian leader who fought against Mexico for his tribe

____6. Florence Griffith

f. blind and deaf woman who became a teacher

____7. Susan B. Anthony

g. black athlete man who won many medals

____8. Jesse Owens

h. first astronaut to walk on the Moon

____9. Alexander Graham Bell

i. first U.S. president who appears in $1 bills

____10. Harriet Tubman

j. brothers who invented the airplane

____11. Neil Armstrong

k. teacher who defended women rights