Short Biographies of Historical Figures

Grade 2 Social Studies Worksheet

Read the clue. Circle the person it describes.

1. 1.

   Led many people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

   • Harriet Tubman
   • Jackie Robinson
   • Abraham Lincoln
   • Martin Luther King Jr.
2. 2.

   Flew on the space shuttle Challenger in 1983.

   • Amelia Earhart
   • Neil Armstrong
   • Sally Ride
   • The Wright Brothers
3. 3.

   Could not see or hear, but learned to read and write and became an author.

   • George Washington
   • Thomas Jefferson
   • Helen Keller
   • Clara Barton
4. 4.

   Flew alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932.

   • Amelia Earhart
   • Neil Armstrong
   • Sally Ride
   • The Wright Brothers
5. 5.

   Gave a famous speech that began, I have a dream.

   • Jackie Robinson
   • Martin Luther King Jr.
   • Abraham Lincoln
   • Harriet Tubman
6. 6.

   Was the 16th president and helped end slavery.

   • Jackie Robinson
   • Rosa Parks
   • Abraham Lincoln
   • Harriet Tubman
7. 7.

   Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

   • George Washington
   • Clara Barton
   • Helen Keller
   • Thomas Jefferson
8. 8.

   Invented the telephone in 1876.

   • George Washington Carver
   • Alexander Graham Bell
   • Benjamin Franklin
   • Thomas Edison