George Washington Carver Quiz
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Where was George Washington Carver born?
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Missouri
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How did the Carver's feel about slavery?
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They did not agree with it.
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What did Susan Carver tell George when he was 8 years old?
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About the night they kidnapped his mother.
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What was George's nickname in his community?
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The little plant doctor
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Why did George want to learn to read and write?
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So that he could learn all he wanted to know.
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How did George get paints so that he could try painting?
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He made them
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Why did George first begin to believe the 'someone was watching over him'?
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A dream that came true.
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How old was George when he left home to further his education?
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11
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What work did George do to earn his keep at the Watkins'?
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Laundry, raking the yard, feeding the chickens.
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What gift did the Watkins' give George that he kept his whole life?
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A Bible
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Where did he have to go to get a high school education?
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Fort Scott, Kansas
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What did he witness in his new town that made him decide to leave?
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A lynching
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Why did George add W as his middle initial?
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So his mail wouldn't get mixed up.
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Where did George first apply to college?
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Highland college
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What kind of business did George often run in order to pay for his schooling?
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A laundry business
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What happened when George arrived to enroll in this college?
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He was turned away because he was black.
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Why did George decide to go west?
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To claim a homestead.
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What did his friend Clara Duncan do to help him?
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She told him he needed to go to college.
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What college did George first attend?
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Simpson college
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What class did George insist on taking even though the president advised against it?
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Art
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Who was Mrs. Liston?
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His \"adopted mother\"
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What did Miss Budd suggest to George?
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That he studied horticulture.
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How did Mrs. Liston's visit to Iowa State change things for George?
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His lab partner began speaking to him, George was allowed to eat in the cafeteria, and people began to accept him socially.
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What important thing about soil did George learn studying under Prof. Wallace?
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Hoe some plants drain the soil of nutrients.
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How did George's friends surprise him?
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They entered his paintings in the state art exhibition.
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Once George earned his master's degree, where did he decide to take a job?
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Tuskegee Institute
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What was his new position there?
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Head of the agriculture department
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What restrictions existed in the South that George was not used to living under?
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Jim Crow laws
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What did Booker T. Washington believe about civil rights for blacks?
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That civil rights would be gained if blacks worked hard and proved their worth.
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What was George's teaching style when dealing with a particular subject?
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He taught all there was to know about each thing.
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What did George create to help educate the local farmers on improved farming practices?
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The farmer's institute
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What warning did he receive from the US Department of Agriculture concerning cotton?
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That the Boll Weevil was headed to Alabama.
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What crops did George encourage the farmers to grow?
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Cow peas, sweet potatoes, and peanuts.
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How did he help the farmers once they had planted acres of peanuts?
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He studied the various uses for the peanut.
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What happened when Booker T. Washington was invited to visit the White House?
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He received death threats from whites who didn't approve.
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What did George do every Sunday night for 30 years?
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Led a Bible study.
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What other black leader publicly criticized Booker T. Washington's ideas about civil rights for blacks?
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WEB DuBois
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In what ways did George help in the war effort during WWI?
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Created a process for dehydrating large amounts of food, created new dyes, and produced a flour substitute from sweet potatoes.
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How did he help the US peanut growers get a tax placed on Asian peanuts?
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He spoke to a congressional committee.
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What protest for civil rights did George participate in at Tuskegee?
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For black administrators to be hired at the veterans hospital.
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How did Simpson College honor George in 1921?
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They awarded him an honorary doctorate degree.
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Why was the story of George's life so inspiring during the Great Depression?
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People were struggling and it gave them hope.
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What did George decide to create to answer all the questions people had about his life?
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A museum
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What did George do as a lasting legacy to help other young black students continue his work?
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Created the George Washington Foundation.
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Carver was which of the following?
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Painter, crocheter, and musician.
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From what plant did George perfect a method to extract rubber?
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Goldenrod
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In class, we discussed three themes of the book -- how there were three factors of George Washington Carver's life that we read about throughout the book. What were they? (select all correct answers)
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Wanting to help others, Building relationships and getting to know people to overcome racial barriers, and making due with what he had.
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When was George Washington Carver born?
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1863
