History Flashcards

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Imagination

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Thinking of new ways to do things

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Persistence

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Not giving up

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Curiosity

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Wanting to know more about something

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Eli Witney

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Invented cotton gin and interchangeable parts

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James Watt

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Introduced unit of measurement called horsepower

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Samuel Applegate

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Invented the cork alarm clock

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Lewis Waterman

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Invented the fountain pen

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Optimist

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Someone who looks on the bright side

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Cyrus Mcormick

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Invented the reaper made lots of money and used it for the Lord’s work

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George Washington Carver

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Invented hundreds of ways to use peanut and sweet potato

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Jan Matzeliger

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Invented the shoe lasting machine

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Christopher Sholes

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Built 50 typewriters before he got one to work perfectly

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Elias Howe

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Invented the sewing machine

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Thomas Alva Edison

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Invented the electric light bulb and phonograph

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Pessimist

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Someone who looks on the bad side instead of the good side

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How does an inventor qualify for a patent?

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The invention must work and be a good invention