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American Inventors and Inventions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Invented an electric telegraph

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Cyrus Field

c)

Alexander Bell

d)

Levi Strauss

e)

Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

2.

Created the Atlantic Telegraph Company

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Cyrus Field

c)

Alexander Bell

d)

Levi Strauss

e)

Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

3.

Founder of the AT&T phone company

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Cyrus Field

c)

Alexander Bell

d)

Levi Strauss

e)

Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

4.

Founded the company that manufactures Jeans we wear today

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Cyrus Field

c)

Alexander Bell

d)

Levi Strauss

e)

Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

5.

Created the steel- making process; one of the inventors of modern- steel production

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Cyrus Field

c)

Alexander Bell

d)

Levi Strauss

e)

Henry Bessemer and William Kelly

6.

Created first practical ice- cooled railroad car

a)

Gustavus Swift and Phillip Armour

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Christopher Sholes

e)

Elishu Otis

7.

Created the Pullman car company

a)

Gustavus Swift and Phillip Armour

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Christopher Sholes

e)

Elishu Otis

8.

Invented the air brakes

a)

Gustavus Swift and Phillip Armour

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Christopher Sholes

e)

Elishu Otis

9.

Invented the QWERTY keyboard

a)

Gustavus Swift and Phillip Armour

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Christopher Sholes

e)

Elishu Otis

10.

Founder of the Otis Elevator company

a)

Gustavus Swift and Phillip Armour

b)

George Pullman

c)

George Westinghouse

d)

Christopher Sholes

e)

Elishu Otis