George Washington Carver

GWC stands for 

• George Wally World
• George Washington Car
• George Washington Carver
• George Bush

GWC seeked a formal education and went to college to later became

• a musician.
• an artist.
• a scientist and teacher.
• a President. 

GWC was a slave who

• was killed.
• ran away from home. 
• was set free in Missouri.
• was educated by his slave owners. 

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GWC worked during college to pay for room, board and this:

• vitamins.
• crops.
• peanuts. 
• college education. 

GWC was sent away from college in Kansas because

• he wasn't smart enough.
• he was poor.
• he was an artist.
• he was black.

GWC was first accepted to this college:

• Kansas College.
• Missouri University.
• Iowa State College. 
• Central Missouri.

In April 1896, GWC was offered an opportunity from  Booker T. Washington to

• teach at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
• move to California.
• move back to Missouri.
• join the Army.

Tuskegee University was the first

• university for all students. 
• all white university.
• mixed university.
• all black university. 

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This crop was the "cash crop" that made it hard for GWC to have people believe in his inventions.

• insects.
• peanuts.
• cotton.
• grass.

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GWC made all of the following EXCEPT

• plastics.
• peanut oil for skin. 
• shaving cream.
• peanut butter.