Our American Heritage – George Washington Carver
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In what town and state was George Carver born?
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Diamond Grove, Missouri
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What did young George like to study most of all when he went to his secret place in the woods?
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plants
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How did George earn money to put himself through school?
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he did laundry
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What man wrote and asked George to come to Tuskegee?
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Booker T Washington
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What two plants did George Carver find hundreds of uses for?
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peanuts and sweet potatoes
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How did George Carver help the Southern farmers?
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he taught them to grow crops other than cotton and tobacco
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Whose help did George Carver always ask for when he wanted to find a plan for a plant?
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God's help
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What were men called who made surprise attacks on others?
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raiders
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What do you call needlework that is made by looping stitches with thread and a hooked needle?
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crochet
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What is the study of the soil and of growing plants and animals?
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agriculture
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What town did George Carver first go to school?
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Neosho, Missouri
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What college did George Carver attend and earn his master's degree?
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Iowa State University
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What school did George Carver teach agriculture?
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Tuskegee Institute
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Who owned George Carver and his mother, Mary and later raised George?
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Mr. and Mrs. Moses Carver
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Who did George learn knitting and crocheting from just by watching her?
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Aunt Sue (Mrs. Carver)
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What means to scratch a design?
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etch
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To George, any job worth doing was worth doing _____?
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well
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What jobs could George do around the house?
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cook, bake, wash clothes, and milk cows
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What did George's neighbors call him?
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the plant doctor of Diamond Grove
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Who did George stay with in Neosha?
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Uncle Andy and Aunt Mariah (Andy & Mariah Watkins)
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What did Aunt Mariah and Uncle Andy teach George besides how to iron clothes?
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they taught him the many wonderful things he could learn by reading the Bible
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What are two uses for the sweet potato that George discovered?
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flour and vinegar
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How many uses for the sweet potato did George Carver discover?
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118
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How many uses for the peanut did George Carver discover?
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300
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List three uses for the peanut that George discovered.
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shampoo, ink, rubbing oil, metal polish, peanut oil, peanut butter
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What other crop did George Carver tell the Southern farmers about?
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the soybean
