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Booker T. Washington
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founder of the Tuskegee Institute
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Where did Booker T. Washington's family travel to after the Civil War?
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Malden, West Virginia
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What school did Booker T. Washington attend in Virginia?
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Hampton Institute
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Which town asked for a man to begin a school for black students?
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Tuskegee, Alabama
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What word could every slave finally shout after the Civil War ended?
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freedom
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What had the slaves done with the word freedom before the Civil War?
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only whispered the word
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What problems did the slaves have once they were free?
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they did not own anything, had no homes or animals, had nowhere to go, could not read or write, had no jobs
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Where did the males in the family have to work just to make enough money to buy food and clothing?
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the salt mines
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What number did Tom have to remember for his family as it was there number at the salt mine?
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18
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What had Tom wished for, but they did not have enough money to buy?
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a book
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What book was brought home and that Booker T. Washington ever held in his hands?
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Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller
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After Tom got his book, what did he wish?
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he wished he could read
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Who taught (Tom) to read?
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a young black teacher who came to Malden
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How did Booker T. Washington get his last name?
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on his first day of school he knew the teacher would ask for a last name, but slaves did not have last names. Before the teacher got to him, he thought of the last name -- Washington. From that day on his entire family took that as their last name
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How old was Booker T. Washington when he left home to attend Hampton Institute?
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15 years old
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Why was Sunday the best day of the week to Booker?
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he got to eat molasses
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What was Booker the most nervous about not having on his very first day of school?
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a last name
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Who taught Booker T. Washington to read the Bible?
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one of his teachers at Hampton
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How long was Booker a student at Hampton?
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3 years
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What things did Booker teach the black families when he returned to Malden?
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better ways to plant gardens, how to fix their cabins, and how to read and write
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prairie schooner
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a wagon covered by canvas used by pioneers for traveling west
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autobiography
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true story of a person's life written by that person himself
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biography
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true story of a person's life written by another person
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Laura Ingalls Wilder
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author of \"The Little House\" books for children
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Where did the little girl in the \"The Little House\" books live with her family in the big woods?
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Wisconsin
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Where did the Ingalls family move to when they left Wisconsin?
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Minnesota
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What job did Laura Ingalls begin when she was only 15?
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teaching school
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Who did Laura marry?
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Almanzo Wilder
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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pastor who worked to pass laws in the United States for equal treatment of all people no matter the color of their skin
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Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. grow up?
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Atlanta, GA
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How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he started college?
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15
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What did Martin Luther King, Jr. decide to be when he grew up?
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a pastor
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Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. marry?
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Coretta Scott
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segregated
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kept separate for black and white people - this was done on buses, for restrooms, water fountains, and restaurants
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Rosa Parks
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an African-American woman who was a seamstress and refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama to a white person. She was arrested after the bus driver called the police.
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I Have a Dream
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speech given to thousands of people by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Washington, D. C. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial asking that people treat others right no matter if they are different - no matter the color of their skin
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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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to make 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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the study of soil and of growing plants and animals
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George Washington Carver
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an American who chose to help the farmers of the South by teaching them a better way to farm; noted for his many experiments with plants
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Diamond Grove, Missouri
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birthplace of George Washington Carver
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Neosho, Missouri
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the town in which George Washington Carver first went to school
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Iowa State University
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the college where George Washington Carver studied and received his master's degree
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Tuskegee Institute
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Booker T. Washington's school in which George Washington Carver taught agriculture
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Who saw George Washington Carver's desire to learn and began teaching him the alphabet?
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his Aunt Sue
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How did George Washington Carver earn money while he was going to school?
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by doing laundry
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What 2 plants did George Washington Carver find hundreds of uses for?
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sweet potato and the peanut
