American Inventors and Inventions

The ____________________ made it much easier for people to travel.

• telephone

• helicopter

• Pullman Sleeping Car

• assembly line

Who invented a faster way to build things like automobiles?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Henry Ford

• Wright Brothers

On Henry Ford's _______________, each person had a special job to do instead of everyone doing every job.

• traffic light

• assembly line

• phonograph

• Pullman Sleeping Car

Who built the first airplane and flew it in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?

• Garret Morgan

• Thomas Edison

• Jackie Robinson

• Wright Brothers

Garrett Morgan invented a _____________ that firemen still use today to keep their lungs clear.

• traffic light

• windshield wiper

• water hose

• breathing mask

What did Garrett Morgan invent to keep drivers safe on the road?

• traffic light

• traffic cone

• airpland

• helicopter

___________________ became the first African- American to play professional baseball.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Babe Ruth

• Jackie Robinson

• Jesse Owens

_________________ was an Olympic athlete that went on to play professional baseball and football.

• Thomas Edison

• Norman Rockwell

• Jim Thorpe

• Jackie Robinson

Jim Thorpe is believed to be _______________________.

• the fastest runner in the world

• the greatest athlete in the world

• the best singer in the country

• the nicest person alive

People are able to communicate over telephone wires because ___________________________________ invented a way in 1876.

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Garret Morgan

• Jim Thorpe