African American Inventors

Who created the precursor model for today's GPS?

• Katherine Johnson

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Gladys West

• Sarah Boone

Sarah E. Goode is famous for what reason?

• The first African America woman to receive a US patent.

• The first African American woman to invent a locomotive

Jan Ernst Matzelieger was known for?

• Manufacturing of the first phone

• Manufacturing of shoes

• Manufacturing of plastics

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Alexander Miles is best known for?

• Creating the revolving door

• Creating automatically opening elevator doors

• Creating deadbolts and locks

Lloyd Hall is famous for?

• Improvements in medicine

• Improvements in food preservation

• Improvements in engines

Frederick Jones is known for what improvements?

• Microwaves

• Refrigerators

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Who invented the three-light traffic signal?

• Garrett Morgan

• Lewis Latimer

• Granville Woods

• Elijah McCoy

Which African American inventor is known for improving the carbon filament in light bulbs?

• George Washington Carver

• Lewis Latimer

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Garrett Morgan

Who invented the automatic lubricator for steam engines, known as the 'Real McCoy'?

• Elijah McCoy

• Granville Woods

• Garrett Morgan

• Lewis Latimer

Which inventor is credited with developing the first successful open-heart surgery technique?

• Daniel Hale Williams

• Charles Drew

• Percy Julian

• Garrett Morgan