| A | B |
| Clara Barton | founded the Red Cross |
| George Washington | first president of the United States |
| John Paul Jones | founded the American Navy |
| Jane Addams | founded Hull House, a place for the homeless |
| Rosa Parks | refused to give up her seat on the bus, helped fight for civil rights |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | a famous African-American who helped to change laws so everyone is treated equally |
| Neil Armstrong | the first man to walk on the moon |
| Harriet Tubman | helped escort slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad |
| George Washington | first President of the United States |
| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President, helped free the slaves |
| Thomas Jefferson | President of the United States, signed the Declaration of Independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | wrote Poor Richard's Almanac; experimented with electricity by flying a kite. |
| Davy Crockett | Frontiersman who had many tall tales told about him, died at the Alamo |
| Paul Revere | rode a horse to warn that the British were coming |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | wife of a president; fought for civil rights |