2nd Grade Historical Figures

Question 1

Thurgood Marshall won a court case to end ________________________________ in schools.

Accepted Answer

segregation

Question 2

We were a group of Navajo Indians who created a secret code. The Japanese couldn't break it.

Accepted Answer

Navajo Code Talkers

Question 3

Sojourner Truth traveled and spoke against _____________________________.

Accepted Answer

slavery

Question 4

I was a slave until I was 30. When I became free, I changed my name. I made speeches.

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 5

I was the wife of the 2nd President, John Adams. I wrote many letters to my husband.

Accepted Answer

Abigail Adams

Question 6

Abigail Adams helped train ________________ in her backyard during the Revolutionary war

Accepted Answer

soldiers

Question 7

Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname was _________________________

Accepted Answer

Teddy

Question 8

I was a silversmith. I warned citizens that British soldiers were coming.

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 9

I was the 26th President of the U.S. I set aside acres of land for national forests and parks.

Accepted Answer

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

I was the first Mexican American woman to serve in the Texas legislature.

Accepted Answer

Irma Rangel

Question 11

We were a group of women who were trained to fly non-combat missions during World War II.

Accepted Answer

W.A.S.P.

Question 12

I was the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Questions 12