"The Twofold Genius of Garrett Morgan" and "Garrett Augustus Morgan"

Amanda L. (United States of America)
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  1. signal
    any action or gesture that encodes a message
    Garrett Morgan was an African-American inventor who invented two very different and important things: the gas mask and the traffic signal.
  2. apprentice
    someone who works for an expert to learn a trade
    He found it as an apprentice to a handyman, who paid young Garrett enough to hire a tutor and continue his studies.
  3. equipment
    an instrumentality needed for an undertaking
    He was so successful that he expanded his business two years later to include making clothes, using equipment that he had built himself.
  4. invention
    a creation resulting from study and experimentation
    The same skills that made Morgan a successful inventor and businessman also fired his curiosity and drove his inventions.
  5. transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another
    The automobile was a relatively recent invention, and it was by no means the only method of transportation used by Americans.
  6. commonplace
    completely ordinary and unremarkable
    People driving cars went much faster, of course, and accidents were commonplace.
  7. pedestrian
    a person who travels by foot
    This last position applied to people coming from every direction, and was used to make sure that pedestrians could cross the street safely.
  8. eventually
    after an unspecified period of time or a long delay
    Morgan received a patent for his device in 1923 and eventually sold it to General Electric.
  9. outstanding
    of major significance or importance
    He died in 1963 after a long and successful life. His two outstanding inventions live on.
  10. determined
    strongly motivated to succeed
    Seeing this accident made him determined to find a way to make intersections safer for both pedestrians and drivers.
  11. mechanism
    device consisting of a piece of machinery
    An electric mechanism inside the signal made the signs change.
  12. prompt
    serve as the inciting cause of
    The “Stop in all directions” sign prompted all vehicles to stop so pedestrians could cross an intersection safely.
Created on Tue Oct 06 11:20:37 EDT 2020 (updated Tue Oct 06 15:51:01 EDT 2020)

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