Inventors & Inventions

2. Henry Ford invented a new way to build these quickly & cheaply using an assembly line
7. Thomas Edison invented the ___ and helped make light bulbs for homes & streets
8. Nikola Tesla invented the alternating current (AC) system, which helps power homes & ___
10. John Deere created a steel plow that made ___ much easier & faster
11. Eli Whitney invented the ___ gin in 1793 & helped shape the Industrial Revolution in America
13. Alexander Graham Bell invented this device to allow people to talk across long distances
14. Ralph Baer created the first home video game console that gave families a way to play simple games on ___
15. Elmer R. Johnson, an American physicist, created the first electric ___ in 1915
18. Mary Anderson invented the first successful windshield ___
19. James Naismith invented the game of ___ using a soccer ball & two peach baskets as goals in 1891

1. Percy Spencer was an American engineer at Raytheon who invented the ___ oven in 1945
3. Wilbur and Orville Wright made history by flying the first powered ___ in 1903
4. George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist who promoted alternative crops like ___ or sweet potatoes to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
5. Martin Cooper made the first handheld ___ phone, making the first public call on it in 1973.
6. Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer ___ in 1964
8. Willis Carrier invented the first modern electrical air ___ unit in 1902
9. Play-Doh was invented by Noah McVicker in the 1930s as wallpaper cleaner, but it was later transformed into a popular children’s ___
12. Robert Goddard built and launched the world’s first liquid-fueled ___ in 1926
16. George Eastman invented a small, simple ___ in 1888 & created a company that made film
17. James Wardle, a software engineer, created this popular word puzzle game in 2021 (Hint: six tries to guess the five-letter word of the day)