Black History Agriculture Trivia

What is the name of the African American Agriculture Club that merged with the FFA after desegregation?

• New Farmers of America

• African American Agriculture Inc.

• African Farmers Club

• Black Farm Bureau

George Washington Carver did extensive research on

• Peanuts, Pecans and Sweet Potatoes

• Corn, Squash, Beans

• Cotton, Coconuts, Soybeans

• Tomatoes, Watermelon, Cucumbers

_____________ invented the corn planter and cotton planter.

• Matthew Henson

• George Washington Carver

• Henry Blair

• Booker T. Washington

What is the oldest HBCU Agriculture College or University?

• Tuskegee University

• Cheyney University

• Florida A&M

• North Carolina A&T

Founded the Freedom Farm Cooperative in Mississippi to help poor Black farmers and sharecroppers. 

• Dr. Marie Clark Taylor

• Gail Taylor

• Karen Washington

• Fannie Lou Hamer

__________________________patented a refrigeration system which allowed farmers to ship proteins and produce long distances, opening their access to markets and promoting worldwide food trade.

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Frederick McKinley Jones

• Frederick Douglas

• Booker T. Washington

_____________ was the first to develop natural gas as a cleaner, more efficient alternative to home heating.

• Beyonce Knowles

• Alice H. Parker

• Maya Angelou

• Anita Baker