GWC

When was GWC born?

• near the end of the Revolutionary war

• at the beginning of WWII

• the middle of the Great Depression

• near the end of the American Civil War

Which of these did GWC invent?

• peanut candy

• peanut soap

• milk from sweet potatoes

• all of the above

GWC was the first

• African American to graduate from Iowa State University

• African American to graduate from any college in the United States

• African American professor to teach at the Tuskegee University

• African American justice of the Supreme Court

Which of the following did GWC study in college and graduate school?

• archaeology, the science of the human past

• agriculture, the science of farming

• astronomy, the science of outer space

• pharmacology, the study of medicine and effects

What is the Tuskegee Institute?

• a large farm where Carver worked as a cotton farmer

• a historically black school where Carver taught

• a historically black church that Carver attended

• a small plantation where Carver spent his childhood

How did cotton affect Southern farms?

• cotton made the soil too wet for crops to grow

• cotton made the soil very rich with nutrients, which helped crops grow

• cotton harmed the soil by taking nutrients that crops need to grow

• cotton grew wild, taking over the land needed for other crops

Why did Carver suggest planting peanuts and sweet potatoes?

• because these crops are more nutritious than what Southern farmers had been eating

• because these crops would dry out the wet soil

• because these crops would bring nutrients back into the soil

• because these crops would kill the wild cotton

Carver's method for switching between planting peanuts and sweet potatoes and cotton is called

• crop rotation

• crop altercation

• farm expansion

• farmication

Why did Carver use a school on wheels?

• so he could teach people about the uses of the automobile

• so he could bring his inventions and method into the fields to teach farmers

• so he could bring his medicines to poor farmers who couldn't afford them

• so he could plant cotton and teach his students at the same time

Why did Carver invent hundred of uses for sweet potatoes and peanuts?

• because farmers were now growing these crops to keep their soil healthy, and they needed something to do with them

• becase he wanted to make these crops useful for soldiers fighting in the war

• because he wanted to convince the president to give money to farmers who were planting these crops in Alabama

• because he wanted to show his first science teacher that he has become a great inventor