Inventors

Who invented the airplane?

• Thomas Edison 
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers 
• Alexander Graham Bell

Who changed the way people farm in the South by encouraging Southerners to grow sweet potatoes and peanuts?

• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers 
• Alexander Graham Bell

Around what years were the airplane, telephone, light bulb and peanut farming in the South invented?

• Late 1900s
• Early 1900s
• 2000s
• Last Year

Who invented the telephone?

• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers
• Alexander Graham Bell

He invented the electric light bulb in 1879 at his laboratory in New Jersey called Menlo Park.

• Thomas Edison
• Alexander Graham Bell
• George Washington Carver
• The Wright Brothers

How did Thomas Edison change the world?

• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day
• He made it a lot easier for people to communicate
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel.
• He helped southern farmers live a better life

How the George Washington Carver change the world?

• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day
• He made it a lot easier for people to communicate
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel.
• He helped southern farmers live a better life

How the Alexander Graham Bell change the world?

• He made it easier to work at night and increased the amount of work that a person could do in a day
• He made it a lot easier for people to communicate
• He made it a lot easier for people to travel.
• He helped southern farmers live a better life

George Washington Carver taught other farmers about the benefits of crop rotation.  What exactly is crop rotation?

• Where farmers pay a fine to own land.  They must farm the land within 5 years. 
• Planting different crops each year to help put nutrients back into the soil.

In 1875, a famous inventor invented a machine to transmit the human voice over wires, known as the telephone. Who was the famous inventor?

• Albert Einstein
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• George Washington Carver