Georgia 3rd Grade Social Studies - America's Freedom Fighters

5. This person worked to end slavery.

a. Fredrick Douglass

b. Mary McLeod Bethune

c. Susan B. Anthony

d. Thurgood Marshall

9. This freedom fighter worked in civil rights and the United Nations.

a. Susan B. Anthony

b. Mary McLeod Bethune

c. Eleanor Roosevelt

d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

3. Which American Freedom Fighter supported boycotts to make change for the migrant workers?

a. Fredrick Douglass

b. Paul Revere

c. Cesar Chavez

d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. Education for all students, especially black girls, was

so important to this person.

a. Susan B. Anthony

b. Mary McLeod Bethune

c. Eleanor Roosevelt

d. Fredrick Douglass

1. Who was known for helping women get the right to vote?

a. Mary McLeod Bethune

b. Susan B. Anthony

c. Lyndon B. Johnson

d. Fredrick Douglass

6. This American became President in an unusual

and sad way.

a. Lyndon B. Johnson

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. Fredrick Douglass

d. Paul Revere

8. The government program called the New Deal was created by this person.

a. Franklin D. Roosevelt

b. Paul Revere

c. Cesar Chavez

d. Lyndon B. Johnson

4. This person was known for helping America be free from Great Britain's unfair laws and rules.

a. Fredrick Douglass

b. Paul Revere

c. Susan B. Anthony

d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

10. This means the basic rights that all Americans should have.

a. worker's rights

b. civil rights

c. segregation

d. United Farm Workers

2. Who was known for creating The Great Society?

a. Lyndon B. Johnson

b. Cesar Chavez

c. Eleanor Roosevelt

d. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Cesar Chevaz

What do you remember ?

Workers' Rights

United Farm Workers

Now it's time to see what you remember about some of America's Freedom Fighters.

Read carefully and choose the correct answer.

He worked for higher wages and better working conditions for migrant workers.

He lead strikes against the way farms where being run. He promoted a boycott of grapes and lettuce until a change was made. A boycott is where people don't buy the product. This would hurt the farmers because they wouldn't be able to sell their produce.

Chevaz wanted a change in the use of pesticides on our food.

He lead several boycotts during his lifetime to fight for

change.

"One if by land and two if by sea."

Paul Revere

Independence

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society and Voting Rights

Patriot in the American Revolution

Lyndon was born and raised in Texas where his family was very poor.

Worked as a silversmith

He was only one of four people to hold the following federal offices: Representative, Senator, Vice-President, and President.

He became president when President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while in office. Johnson was sworn into office aboard a plane.

Paul worked with other patriots to keep an eye on the British military who were about to attack. They had set up an alarm system to let others know of the approaching troops.

The Great Society promoted programs that

wanted to eliminate poverty and racial justice.

Medicare, Medicaid, and programs for the elderly were part of The Great Society.

When Paul saw the light in the Old North Church tower he jumped on his horse and started his ride through the country-side letting everyone know that the British were on their way. It was time for the "minute men" to do their job of defending their farms and towns.

Paul Revere and many other patriots helped to make America free from the rules and laws of the King of England.

Thurgood Marshall

Civil Rights

Fredrick Douglass

Civil Rights

He was the great-grandson of a slave.

His original name was spelled Throughgood but when he was in 2nd grade he changed the spelling to Thurgood.

He wanted freedom from slavery for himself and others.

One time at school when he got in trouble he was made to write the Constitution.

Because of segregation, he was not allowed to go to a white college. He went to an all black college, Howard University and received a law degree.

Fredrick was born a slave, lived as a slave until he was able to escape from slavery.

• Georgia 3rd Grade Social Studies
• America's Freedom Fighters

As a lawyer he worked for the NAACP and worked for equality for all Americans.

Leader in the Abolitionist movement

He was the first African American elected as a Justice to

the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

He was taught to read by the wife of one of his masters. Later he taught many other slaves and former slaves to read.

Author of his biography

Eleanor Roosevelt

United Nations and Human Rights

Susan B. Anthony

She was the wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They were

distant cousins.

Women's Rights - Suffrage

She wanted to vote and wanted all women to be able to vote.

Eleanor gave speeches and made public appearances to help her husband.

She was arrested for voting before women had the right.

She was for equal rights for all people. Once she even sat between a group of whites and a group of blacks so neither group would think she favored them.

She was very outspoken for

the things she believed in.

Joined with other women in the mission to gain voters' rights.

She was a chairperson for the

United Nations.

She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton lead the

movement. They gave speeches around the

country and even wrote a journal called

The Revolution.

Susan died before women

were given the right to vote. It is called the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

Susan was the first woman to be on a coin.

Mary McLeod Bethune

Education and Civil Rights

Franklin D. Roosevelt

She wanted all people to be educated.

New Deal and WWII

The 32nd President

Bethune was 1 of 17 children in her family and the only one sent to school

Before he was president he contracted polio and became paralyzed. He thought his political career was over. His wife, Eleanor, encouraged him to continue.

The only President to be elected

4 times. He died before he finished the 4th term.

She started her own school for black girls in Dayton, Florida. When the school opened she only had 6 students. To raise money for her school she cooked sweet potato pies and other food and sold the food to construction workers next to her school.

He started The New Deal to help Americans during

The Great Depression. Some of the programs

provided government jobs, bank reform, and help

for farmers.

Bethune used burnt pieces of wood and fruit juice as pencils and ink. She found crates and boxes for desks and chairs.

She was a supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

She worked along with Eleanor Roosevelt to promote

civil rights and equality for the African Americans.

Segregation was still active during her lifetime.