1. BY MR. REECE History Review Chapter 6

2. Inventors & Inventions invented 325 ways to use the peanut and 118 ways to use the sweet potato George Washington Carver

3. Inventors & Inventions patented more new ideas than any other American inventor Thomas Edison

4. Inventors & Inventions introduced the unit of measurement called horsepower James Watt

5. Inventors & Inventions known for inventing interchangeable parts Eli Whitney

6. Inventors & Inventions invented the fountain pen Lewis Waterman

7. Inventors & Inventions invented an alarm clock which would drop corks on a person to wake him Samuel Applegate

8. Inventors & Inventions invented the phonograph and electric light bulb Thomas Edison

9. Inventors & Inventions invented the reaper and became a very rich man; used his money to help in the Lord’s work Cyrus McCormick

10. Inventors & Inventions invented the sewing machine Elias Howe

11. Inventors & Inventions invented the shoe-lacing machine Jan Matzeliger

12. Inventors & Inventions built fifty typewriters until he got one to work perfectly Christopher Sholes

13. Inventors & Inventions invented the cotton gin Eli Whitney

14. Write the letter of the correct answer… To qualify for a patent, and inventor must… A. be imaginative B. first sell the invention for seventeen years. C. have an invention that is a new idea, and it must work.

15. Write the letter of the correct answer… Thomas Edison began experimenting in his basement at age nine. This shows he had… A. persistence B. money C. curiosity

16. Write the letter of the correct answer… Edison’s parents did not like the smell and the cost of his experiments. So Edison set up shop in a train car and got a job. This shows he had… A. persistence B. imagination C. curiosity

17. Write the letter of the correct answer… James Watt was a… A. pessimist (a person who always see the bad rather than the good) B. optimist (a person who always see the good rather than the bad)

18. Write the letter of the correct answer… Jan Matzeliger was a… A. pessimist (a person who always see the bad rather than the good) B. optimist (a person who always see the good rather than the bad)