Booker T Washington/Carver
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Booker T. Washington
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Founder of the Tuskegee Institute
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The best day of the week for Booker?
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Sunday, why? he got Molasses to eat.
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Where did Bookers family travel after the Civil War?
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Malden, West Virginia
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What school did Booker attend in Virginia?
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Hampton Institute
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What town asked for a man to begin a school for black students?
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Tuskegee, Alabama
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What school did Booker T found?
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Tuskegee Institute University
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What was the first book Bookers mom gave him?
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Noah Webster's Blue Black Speller
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Why did older people want to learn to read?
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So they could read the Bible for themselves before they died.
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What last name did Booker give his teacher when she called roll?
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Washington.
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Why did Booker make up a last name?
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Slaves did not have last names.
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Booker made up a last name, did his parents use the same last name?
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Yes, the whole family took the last name Washington.
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What kind of mines did Tom and his stepsons work in?
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Salt Mines
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What was Booker most nervous about on the first day of school?
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Not having a last name
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Booker thought?
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Those that are happiest are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those that do the least.
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Who taught Booker how to use the Bible?
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His teacher
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Why did Mr. Washington make his students grow their own crops, make bricks, and build buildings?
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They could sell extra crops to make money for the school. It would also help them learn how to plant crops. When they made the bricks to build buildings- they were proud and took good care of it, they could sell the bricks and also make bricks for a living- also help their families build better homes.
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George Washington Carver
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Raiders
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Men who made surprise attacks on others
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Crochet
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needlework by looping stitches with thread and a hooked needle.
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etch
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to scratch a design
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agriculture
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study of the soil and growing plants and animals.
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Where was George Washington Carver born?
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Diamond Grove, Missouri
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College where George Washington Carver went to school?
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Iowa State University, he studied plants.
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Where did George Washington Carver teach school?
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Tuskegee Institute, he taught agriculture. He was invited by Booker T. Washington in a letter.
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What was George's hobby
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Going into the woods and studying plants.
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Georges neighbors called him
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The plant doctor of Diamond Grove.
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Who saw Georges desire to learn?
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Aunt Sue
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What did Aunt Sue teach George?
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The Alphabet
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Who did George stay with in Neosho?
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Aunt Mariah and Uncle Andy
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What did Aunt Mariah teach George?
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How to iron clothes.
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What gift did Aunt Mariah and Uncle Andy give George?
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A Bible, they also took him to church every Sunday.
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What kid of business did George have?
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A laundry business, he was the best in town. The money helped put him through school.
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Which vegetables help the soil?
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Peas and Peanuts.
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What will happen if cotton is always grown on the same soil?
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The soil will become too poor to grow anything.
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How many uses did he find with the Sweet Potato?
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118 uses, some of them were to make flour, and vinegar.
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How many uses did George find for the peanut?
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300, Shampoo, ink, rubbing oil, metal polish, peanut oil, peanut milk, peanut butter were some.
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What did George call the woods?
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His Secret Place.
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How did George help Southern Farmers?
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taught them how to grow crops instead of cotton.
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Who did George always ask for help?
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God.
