Question

Match the Person to their Achievements based on what we learned this month in classes/videos!

Question 1 options:

Benjamin Banneker


Harriet Tubman


Thomas Jennings


Lewis Latimer


Coretta Scott


Norbert Rillieux


Claudette Colvin


James Forten

Invented a more durable carbon filament for the lightbulb, improving the design and making it more affordable and practical

Author, activist, and Civil Rights leader who fought for equality of all people; married Martin Luther King Jr.

Abolitionist and social activist who escaped enslavement and led missions to rescue enslaved people along the Underground Railroad.

Was arrested at 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama and continued to fight for desegregation of public transportation in Montgomery. Rosa Parks staged a similar protest on the bus 9 months after her to become the face of the movement.

Invented the Multiple Effect Evaporator under Vacuum which revolutionized sugar processing (made it faster, better quality, and cheaper - less labor intensive); also used for processing of condensed milk, gelatin, whiskey, and soap.

Inventor, mathmatician, and astronomer. Invented a wooden clock, and wrote the Alamac that listed tides, astronomical information, and eclipses, which were later used by farmers. Also was an activist who spoke to Thomas Jefferson about African-American rights.

First African-American in the U.S. to receive a patent; Invented a method of cleaning clothes called dry scouring - or modern day dry cleaning.

Abolitionist and inventor; invented a sail that served to better guide ships. He built a very successful business after starting out as a sail maker and later used his money to help fight for women's suffrage and equal rights for African Americans and funded the infamous newspaper The Liberator.

Answer 1

Corretta Scott Author, activist, and Civil Rights leader who fought for equality of all people; married Martin Luther King Jr.

Harriet Tubman Abolitionist and social activist who escaped enslavement and led missions to rescue enslaved people along the Underground Railroad.

claudette colvin Was arrested at 15 years old when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama and continued to fight for desegregation of public transportation in Montgomery. Rosa Parks staged a similar protest on the bus 9 months after her to become the face of the movement.

Norbert R Invented the Multiple Effect Evaporator under Vacuum which revolutionized sugar processing (made it faster, better quality, and cheaper - less labor intensive); also used for processing of condensed milk, gelatin, whiskey, and soap.

Benjamin B Inventor, mathmatician, and astronomer. Invented a wooden clock, and wrote the Alamac that listed tides, astronomical information, and eclipses, which were later used by farmers. Also was an activist who spoke to Thomas Jefferson about African-American rights.

Thomas J First African-American in the U.S. to receive a patent; Invented a method of cleaning clothes called dry scouring - or modern day dry cleaning.

James F Abolitionist and inventor; invented a sail that served to better guide ships. He built a very successful business after starting out as a sail maker and later used his money to help fight for women's suffrage and equal rights for African Americans and funded the infamous newspaper The Liberator.

Lewis Latimer- filament for incandescent bulbs

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