Peanut Butter: An American Favorite

Which of the following details best supports the idea that Americans love peanut butter?

• People started growing peanuts in the United States around 1818.

• Americans eat more than a million pounds of peanut butter every year.

• In the 1900s, people built machines to make large amounts of peanut butter.

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What solution did people come up with to make large amounts of peanut butter?

• People stopped eating meat.

• People grew more peanuts in South America.

• People built machines to make the peanut butter.

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Which event happened first?

• People made machines to make peanut butter.

• People grew peanuts in the United States.

• Peanuts grew in South America.

Read the example sentence: Over the years, many people ground peanuts to make them easy to eat. What does the word ground mean in this sentence?

• bagged or boxed

• sold or traded

• pressed or mashed

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What did people do to make peanut butter easier to spread?

• They added oil.

• They build machines.

• They invented special knives.

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