History Flashcards
Imagination
Thinking of new ways to do things
Persistence
Not giving up
Curiosity
Wanting to know more about something
Eli Witney
Invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts
James Watt
Introduced unit of measurement called horsepower
Samuel Applegate
Invented the cork alarm clock
Lewis Waterman
Invented the fountain pen
Optimist
Someone who looks on the bright side
Cyrus Mcormick
Invented the reaper made lots of money and used it for the Lord’s work
George Washington Carver
Invented hundreds of ways to use peanut and sweet potato
Jan Matzeliger
Invented the shoe lasting machine
Christopher Sholes
Built 50 typewriters before he got one to work perfectly
Elias Howe
Invented the sewing machine
Thomas Alva Edison
Invented the electric light bulb and phonograph
Pessimist
Someone who looks on the bad side instead of the good side