BY MR. REECE

History Review Chapter 6

Inventors & Inventions

invented 325 ways to use the peanut and 118 ways to use the sweet potato

George Washington Carver

Inventors & Inventions

patented more new ideas than any other American inventor

Thomas Edison

Inventors & Inventions

introduced the unit of measurement called horsepower

James Watt

Inventors & Inventions

known for inventing interchangeable parts

Eli Whitney

Inventors & Inventions

invented the fountain pen

Lewis Waterman

Inventors & Inventions

invented an alarm clock which would drop corks on a person to wake him

Samuel Applegate

Inventors & Inventions

invented the phonograph and electric light bulb

Thomas Edison

Inventors & Inventions

invented the reaper and became a very rich man; used his money to help in the Lord’s work

Cyrus McCormick

Inventors & Inventions

invented the sewing machine

Elias Howe

Inventors & Inventions

invented the shoe-lacing machine

Jan Matzeliger

Inventors & Inventions

built fifty typewriters until he got one to work perfectly

Christopher Sholes

Inventors & Inventions

invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

Write the letter of the correct answer…

To qualify for a patent, and inventor must…

A. be imaginative

B. first sell the invention for seventeen

years.C. have an invention that is a new idea, and

it must work.

Write the letter of the correct answer…

Thomas Edison began experimenting in his basement at age nine. This shows he had…

A. persistence

B. moneyC. curiosity

Write the letter of the correct answer…

Edison’s parents did not like the smell and the cost of his experiments. So Edison set up shop in a train car and got a job. This shows he had…

A. persistence

B. imaginationC. curiosity

Write the letter of the correct answer…

James Watt was a…

A. pessimist (a person who always

see the bad rather than the good)

B. optimist (a person who always

see the good rather than the bad)

Write the letter of the correct answer…

Jan Matzeliger was a…

A. pessimist (a person who always

see the bad rather than the good)

B. optimist (a person who always

see the good rather than the bad)