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American Inventors and Inventions

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ____________________ made it much easier for people to travel.

a)

telephone

b)

helicopter

c)

Pullman Sleeping Car

d)

assembly line

2.

Who invented a faster way to build things like automobiles?

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Wright Brothers

3.

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

a)

traffic light

b)

assembly line

c)

phonograph

d)

Pullman Sleeping Car

4.

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

a)

Garret Morgan

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Wright Brothers

5.

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

a)

traffic light

b)

windshield wiper

c)

water hose

d)

breathing mask

6.

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

a)

traffic light

b)

traffic cone

c)

airpland

d)

helicopter

7.

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

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Babe Ruth

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Jesse Owens

8.

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

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Norman Rockwell

c)

Jim Thorpe

d)

Jackie Robinson

9.

Jim Thorpe is believed to be _______________________.

a)

the fastest runner in the world

b)

the greatest athlete in the world

c)

the best singer in the country

d)

the nicest person alive

10.

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

a)

Alexander Graham Bell

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Garret Morgan

d)

Jim Thorpe

11.

Thomas Edison had more than 1,000 inventions but his most famous inventions were _________________, ___________________, and ___________________.

a)

traffic light

electric light bulb

windshield wiper

b)

electric light bulb

sleeping car

phonograph

c)

phonograph

electric light bulb

motion pictures

d)

assembly line

traffic light

sleeping car