| A | B |
| Benedict Arnold | became a traitor and joined the British |
| P. T. Barnum | "The Greatest Show on Earth" |
| Samuel Colt | repeating pistol |
| Charles Goodyear | a way to strengthen rubber |
| Nathan Hale | was a spy for George Washington |
| Israel Putnam | "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Mark Twain | wrote Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn |
| Noah Webster | wrote the first dictionary in the U.S. |
| Eli Whitney | invented the cotton gin |