George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver was:

• angry and upset

• hardworking and creative

• someone who gave up easily

What is a professor?

• A person who raises livestock

• A farmer who works on land

• A college or university teacher

Which of the following sentences talks about a problem?

• Professor Carver taught farmers to add leaves to soil

• Each year the crop was smaller, and the farmers poorer

• These new products meant new items for the farmers to sell

Which sentence shows that word spread about what Carver knew about farming?

• Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect

• Carver went to Alabama to help poor farmers

• Carver was asked to speak in front of Congress

What is an example of something Carver accomplished?

• He became the first black professor at his college

• He taught poor farmers to plant crops

• All of the above

What happened after Carver was not allowed to stay at a college because he was black?

• He went to another college

• He gave up

• He became a speaker

What does invent mean?

• Work on land owned by others

• Teach in a large college

• Create, design or build something that did not exist before

What showed the influence of Carver?

• He loved to garden

• He won the respect of a whole country

• When he was twelve, he left for another school

What happened after Carver spoke in Congress for 10 minutes?

• They made fun of him

• He invented 300 uses for the peanut

• Congress asked him to speak more

Which one is an opinion?

• Carver was an interesting man

• Carver believed people should treat each other with respect

• Carver believed people should care for the earth