African American Inventors
Explore the contributions of notable African American inventors to society with this Grade 7 social studies worksheet.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will test your knowledge of important African American inventors and their contributions.
1. Who is known for inventing many uses for the peanut, soybean, and sweet potato?
Madam C.J. Walker
George Washington Carver
Garrett Morgan
Marie Van Brittan Brown
2. Garrett Morgan invented the three-position traffic signal and what safety device?
Light bulb
Gas mask
Telephone
Refrigerator
3. Madam C.J. Walker built a haircare empire and was one of the first American women to become a self-made .
4. Dr. Charles Drew revolutionized blood storage by developing large-scale blood banks and improving blood techniques.
5. The invention of the home security system was pioneered by African American inventor .
6. Lewis Latimer, an African American inventor, drafted the patent for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.
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False
7. Jan Ernst Matzeliger invented a machine that dramatically sped up the process of making shoes.
True
False
8. Explain the significance of Sarah E. Goode's folding cabinet bed.
9. How did Elijah McCoy's lubricating cup improve steam engines and other machinery?
Match the inventor with their invention.
10. Norbert Rillieux
a. Super Soaker
11. Lonnie Johnson
b. Traffic Signal
12. Garrett Morgan
c. Multiple-effect evaporator (sugar refining)
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