African American History · Unit 9
Scientific and Medical Innovation
Knowledge as Resistance
Throughout American history, African-descended people made significant contributions to science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, mathematics, transportation, and technology despite facing barriers that often excluded them from universities, laboratories, professional organizations, and patent systems.
Unit 9 Knowledge Check
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1. Garrett Morgan, an African American inventor, is credited with which two inventions that continue to shape public safety today?
2. NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson is best known for which critical contribution to the U.S. space program?
3. The concept of 'Black genius' in the context of this unit challenges which historical narrative?
4. Dr. Charles Drew made a life-saving medical breakthrough that was then used to exclude him due to racial segregation. What was that breakthrough?
5. Lewis Howard Latimer worked with both Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. What was his most significant technical contribution?