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Back To Article | AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS |
Directions: Study Partial List of African American Inventors (http://web.archive.org/web/20021216151553/http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/events_and_people/009.aa_inventions) to learn about inventions created by African Americans. Use the information to help you decide whether each statement below is true or false. Circle true if the statement is true. Circle false if the statement is false.
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| A variation of the fire extinguisher was invented in 1872. | True | False |
| Elijah McCoy invented the traffic signal. | True | False |
| The railway signal was invented after 1900. | True | False |
| Granville Woods developed five of the inventions on the list. | True | False |
| Robert Rillieux developed a process for refining corn. | True | False |
| J. L. Love invented a device you might have in your classroom. | True | False |
| Henry Blair invented two devices that might have been used on a farm. | True | False |
| The lawn mower was invented before the umbrella stand. | True | False |
| The ironing board was invented by an African American woman. | True | False |
| The fountain pen was invented by W. B. Purvis. | True | False |
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