Inventions
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100

Thomas Edison did not invent, but improved this 

Lightbulb 

100

Emily Roebling was important in the completion of the ________

Brooklyn Bridge

100

When Booker T. Washington arrived to begin a new school, he found ______

Nothing

100

A license that protects an invention so it cannot be copied 

Patent

200

Alexander Graham Bell invented this 

Telephone

200

Alexander Graham Bell was working to improve the ______ when he accidentally invented the telephone 

Telegraph

200

The first book Booker T. Washington owned was the ___________

Blue-Backed Speller

200

According to Booker T. Washington, the happiest people are those who do the most for themselves

False, Others
300

The invention that brought Thomas Edison the most success 

The battery

300

A system of dots and dashes sent across telegraph wires is called _______

Morse Code 

300

After the bridge had been built, Emily Roebling earned a degree in _______

Law

300

The first thing recorded on the phonograph

Mary Had a Little Lamb

400
Who invented the first moving pictures?

Thomas Edison

400

The first person to ride across the new bridge in New York was ________

Emily Roebling

400

Alexander Graham Bell was interested in teaching and helping those who were ________

Deaf

400

How did Emily Roebling help her husband build the bridge?

Answered questions for workers, studied construction problems, gave her husbands instructions to the workers, studied cables, kept good records, answered mail

500

Thomas Edison invented the _________, which he could use to record his voice 

Phonograph

500

Booker T. Washington attended the _______ Institute

Hampton

500

Booker T. Washington was taught how to use the Bible by his ______

Teacher

500

How did Booker T. Washington help the people of Malden when he returned?

Started a school, taught them better ways to plant their gardens, how to repair their cabins, how to read and write