Many aspects of life would not be available and as easily accessible without the inventions of the men and women who came before us. Life with out innovation and inventions would have us still living in a time of hunting and gathering and with out the ability to settle down in one area due to lack of food. One inventor who created two items that some fail to recognize as vastly important to life as we know it is Garrett Morgan. During his life, Garret Morgan created a breathing device we have come to know as a gas mask, as well as he created the first idea of the modern stop light. Garrett was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky. Given that Garrett lived his whole life as a man of color, this would create problems selling products and
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“The Morgan traffic signal was a T-shaped pole unit that featured three positons: Stop, Go, and an all direction stop position. This ‘third position’ halted traffic in all directions to allow pedestrians to cross streets more safely (A&E Networks Television).” This was huge due to the fact that many people did not own cars and there were many people who traveled by bicycle, as well as animal powered wagons. This idea was one of the first traffic signals that at helped lead to the creation of the modern day traffic light. If we did not have the traffic light there would be so many accidents that would cause many deaths and possible catastrophes due to lack of ability to regulate traffic. If there were no traffic lights the ability to get any where in a timely matter or fast, if it were an ambulance, police, or fire truck, would be near impossible and cause the need and use of cars to become almost non-existent. With that a chain reaction begins, if there are no cars needed there are no cars needed to be built, which puts millions of people out of a job, which ruins the economy and changes life as we know it. He eventually sold the idea to General Electric Corporation for $40,000, but before his death he was awarded by the United States Government for his invention (Garett Augustus
“The Morgan traffic signal was a T-shaped pole unit that featured three positons: Stop, Go, and an all direction stop position. This ‘third position’ halted traffic in all directions to allow pedestrians to cross streets more safely (A&E Networks Television).” This was huge due to the fact that many people did not own cars and there were many people who traveled by bicycle, as well as animal powered wagons. This idea was one of the first traffic signals that at helped lead to the creation of the modern day traffic light. If we did not have the traffic light there would be so many accidents that would cause many deaths and possible catastrophes due to lack of ability to regulate traffic. If there were no traffic lights the ability to get any where in a timely matter or fast, if it were an ambulance, police, or fire truck, would be near impossible and cause the need and use of cars to become almost non-existent. With that a chain reaction begins, if there are no cars needed there are no cars needed to be built, which puts millions of people out of a job, which ruins the economy and changes life as we know it. He eventually sold the idea to General Electric Corporation for $40,000, but before his death he was awarded by the United States Government for his invention (Garett Augustus