Who am I ?

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

I was an American colonist who spoke out against paying British taxes. Loyalists accused me of treason.
I was an abolitionist and former slave who became a leader in fighting against slavery. I changed my name to reflect my mission.
I was arrested for refusing to give up my seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
I was a Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.
I was the author of a pamphlet called Common Sense, in which I attacked King George III and called for a revolution to make the colonies independent.
I was an American explorer who aided Meriwether Lewis in an expedition through the Louisiana Purchase.
I was the 16th president of the USA and signer of the Emancipation Proclaimation.
I was the labor leader and organizer of the United Farm Workers.
I invented the telephone.
I am the representative from Kentucky who worked for compromises on the slavery issue.
I was a women's suffrage leader who worked to enable women to have the same rights as men.I was the first woman in the United States to have my picture on a coin.
I was Tenessee's first governor and took office in 1796.
I was a steel entrepreneur who bought other kinds of companies to supply my steel business.
I am the leader who took over Cuba in 1959 and made it a communist nation.
I was an American abolitionist who seized a weapons storehouse to help slaves rebel. I was caught and hanged.
Union general who lead his troops on the March to the Sea causing great distruction.
I was the first American astronaut to set foot on the moon.
I was an American railroad owner during the railroad boom after the Civil War. There is a university in Nashville named for me.
I was the 7th president of the US. I won the final battle in the War of 1812. You can still visit my home in Tennessee.
I warned the Patriots that the British were marching toward Concord, where Patriot weapons were stored.
I am the American astronaut who remained in the lunar orbiter during the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I was a Tennessean who became a national leader in the fight for women's rights.
Former Tennessee governor who is known for his support of education.
I was the Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the ruling against Dred Scot.
Tenessean who was a World War I hero. I was known for my superior marksmanship.