Inventions and New Technologies 6.1.3

Question 1

Telegraph

Answer 1

Device that transmits messages along connected wires.

Allows communication over long distances.

Question 2

Patent

Answer 2

A license giving the inventor exclusive rights to use, sell or make an invention.
Granted for a specific number of years.

Question 3

Parent Company

Answer 3

A company that controls all or part of other, smaller companies.

Question 4

Subsidiary

Answer 4

A second business formed under a parent company.

Question 5

Phonograph

Answer 5

A machine that reproduces sound from a record.

Question 6

Monoculture

Answer 6

The practice of growing a single crop.

Question 7

Alexander Graham Bell

Answer 7

Scottish scientist: experimented sending multiple messages at once over the telegraph. He invented the telephone.

Question 8

Thomas Edison

Answer 8

Invented the light bulb.
Established the 1st electrical system in NYC.
Over 1,100 inventions/improvements to existing devices (electric generator, motion picture projector).

Question 9

Thomas Edison was also known as

Answer 9

The Wizard of Menio Park

Question 10

Nikola Tesla

Answer 10

Founder of AC (Alternating Current) which enables electric power to travel long distances.
Sold his patent for AC to George Westinghouse, who marketed AC improving upon the electrical system created by Edison.

Question 11

George Washington Carver

Answer 11

African-American Inventor.
Encouraged Crop Diversification to help improve soil quality from monoculture.
Many crops he recommended did not yield much profit, so he began inventing products made from the crops (oils, flour, soap, cosmetics).

Question 12

Lewis Latimer

Answer 12

African-American inventor in the field of transportation.
Telegraph allowing trains to communicate with each other.
Emergency braking systems.

Question 13

Elijah McCoy

Answer 13

Invented the “lubricating cup” which continuously oiled the gears of the steam train.

Question 14

Margaret Knight

Answer 14

Patented shoe-manufacturing devices, rotary engines, and others related to sewing machines and clothes.

Question 15

Josephine Garis Cochrane

Answer 15

Patented the first dishwasher

Question 16

Why did women’s inventions focus on safety and efficiency?

Answer 16

Their inventions were created out of practical necessity for everyday household tasks and needs. As housewives and mothers, they focused on safety and ways to get household tasks done.

Question 17

What contributed to the high number of inventions in the 1800’s (19th Century)?

Answer 17

Practical considerations, as well as opportunities for resourceful and creative women and African Americans.