<p>Name ______Date ______Period _____ Smithsonian Exhibit</p><p>Your job is to create a list of the three most important inventors from the 19th century for an exhibit on the Industrial Revolution in America. For each inventor you will need to provide a brief biography, that person’s key invention(s), and a rationale for your ranking.</p><p>The Third Greatest Inventor of the 19th century Brief Biography of Inventor</p><p>Key Invention(s)</p><p>Rationale for Ranking</p><p>The Second Greatest Inventor of the 19th century Brief Biography of Inventor</p><p>Key Invention(s)</p><p>Rationale for Ranking</p><p>The Greatest Inventor of the 19th century Brief Biography of Inventor</p><p>Key Invention(s)</p><p>Rationale for Ranking Sources: Your textbook!</p><p> http://enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800a.shtml Inventors and Inventions from 1801-1850 - the First Half of the Nineteenth Century</p><p> http://theinventors.org/library/weekly/aa111100a.htm Nineteenth Century Inventions 1800 – 1850</p><p> http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline/the1800s.htm 19th Century Innovation Timeline</p>