This hard Grade 5 worksheet compares notable Americans and analyzes their lasting impact through reading passages, multiple-choice, and fill-in questions. Students read a Rosa Parks excerpt, compare suffrage and civil rights leaders, and explain why figures like Carver and Sally Ride remain important today. Five fill-ins reinforce key facts about the March on Washington, Franklin's signatures, the Wright Brothers' flight, and George Washington's Revolutionary War leadership.
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Notable Americans
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read this passage: 'In 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking a 381-day boycott.' Who is being described?
A) Rosa Parks
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Helen Keller
D) Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Which two notable Americans both worked to expand voting and civil rights, even though they lived in different centuries?
A) Edison and the Wright Brothers
B) Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Jefferson and Carver
D) Keller and Ride
3. Why is George Washington Carver still remembered as an important American scientist?
A) He invented the telephone for everyday use.
B) He discovered the planet Pluto in 1930.
C) He developed many crop products and helped southern farmers.
D) He wrote the U.S. Constitution at age 25.
4. Which statement best describes why Sally Ride is considered a notable American?
A) She was the first president from California.
B) She invented the polio vaccine in 1955.
C) She wrote the Declaration of Independence with Jefferson.
D) She was the first American woman to travel into space in 1983.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The 1963 March on Washington was led by Dr. King and drew over 250,000 people.
2. Benjamin Franklin signed both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
3. The Wright Brothers' first flight lasted only 12 seconds but changed travel forever.
4. Susan B. Anthony was once arrested for trying to vote in the 1872 election.
5. George Washington led American troops to victory in the Revolutionary War.
Notable Americans
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Read this passage: 'In 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, sparking a 381-day boycott.' Who is being described?
A) Rosa Parks
B) Susan B. Anthony
C) Helen Keller
D) Eleanor Roosevelt
2. Which two notable Americans both worked to expand voting and civil rights, even though they lived in different centuries?
A) Edison and the Wright Brothers
B) Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr.
C) Jefferson and Carver
D) Keller and Ride
3. Why is George Washington Carver still remembered as an important American scientist?
A) He invented the telephone for everyday use.
B) He discovered the planet Pluto in 1930.
C) He developed many crop products and helped southern farmers.
D) He wrote the U.S. Constitution at age 25.
4. Which statement best describes why Sally Ride is considered a notable American?
A) She was the first president from California.
B) She invented the polio vaccine in 1955.
C) She wrote the Declaration of Independence with Jefferson.
D) She was the first American woman to travel into space in 1983.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The 1963 March on Washington was led by Dr. King and drew over 250,000 people.
2) Benjamin Franklin signed both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
3) The Wright Brothers' first flight lasted only 12 seconds but changed travel forever.
4) Susan B. Anthony was once arrested for trying to vote in the 1872 election.
5) George Washington led American troops to victory in the Revolutionary War.
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