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Pioneering Black Inventors and Scientists: Multiple Choice
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- 01Dr. Charles Drew revolutionized medicine with his groundbreaking work on developing improved techniques for what?
- 02In 1992, Dr. Mae C. Jemison made history by becoming the first African American woman to do what?
- 03Aerospace engineer and inventor Lonnie G. Johnson created which wildly popular toy?
- 04Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer played a crucial role in the development of the light bulb by patenting a more durable version of what component?
- 05Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a device used for the treatment of what eye condition?
- 06The phrase "the real McCoy" is often attributed to the quality of an invention by Elijah McCoy, which was a device for what purpose?
- 07In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams achieved a medical milestone by performing one of the world's first successful surgeries on what organ?
- 08Madam C.J. Walker became one of America's first self-made female millionaires by developing and marketing what?
- 09Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver is most famous for developing over 300 uses for which crop?
- 10In addition to an early gas mask, Garrett Morgan is credited with patenting an improved version of what common device?
- 11Katherine Johnson, a key figure in the movie "Hidden Figures," was a NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical for what achievement?
- 12Marie Van Brittan Brown's concern for her personal safety led her to co-invent the first-ever version of what common system?