BIOGRAPHY: Cloze Activities
The second President of the United States. (Answers)
An early fossil hunter from England. (Answers)
The 46th President of the United States.
A scientist who revolutionized agriculture in the southern USA. (Answers)
This labor leader fought for the rights of migrant farm workers in the southwestern USA. (Answers)
An American frontiersman, bear hunter, soldier, legislator, and folk hero who died in the Battle of the Alamo. (Answers)
Learn about this great British naturalist who developed the theory of evolution and natural selection. (Answers)
An abolitionist, orator and writer who fought against slavery. (Answers)
The first person in space. (Answers)
The first American to orbit the Earth. (Answers)
The father of modern rocketry. (Answers)
Fill in the blanks in this short biography of Johannes Gutenberg, the German inventor of the printing press, who revolutionized the world through the mass production of books.
First woman, first African-American, and first Asian-American to be Vice President of the United States.
The third President of the United States. (Answers)
The first African-American woman in space. (Answers)
A man who devoted his life to working for civil rights.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the American West with Sacajawea. (Answers)
The 16th President of the United States. (Answers)
The great South African anti-apartheid leader and President. (Go to the answers. Or go to a pdf of the page plus the answers– members only).
The African-American inventor who was the basis for the expression, “the real McCoy.” (Answers)
The first African-American President of the United States. (Answers)
One of the world’s greatest track and field athletes. (Answers)
Rosa Parks was a pivotal figure in the fight for civil rights; she protested segregation laws in the USA. (Answers)
A messenger for the American colonists in their fight against the British. (Answers)
The first American woman in space. (Answers)
The first African-American to play Major League baseball. (Answers)
An early advocate for women’s rights. (Answers)
Walker, Maggie Lena: The first woman bank president in the US. (Answers)
The first President of the United States.
The two brothers who made and flew the first airplane. (Answers)