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George Washington Carver is credited with discovering over _____________ uses for the peanut.
It is believed that Carver was born in 1864 in ________________________________.
George went to his first formal school in the town of ___________________________.
After graduating from high school, George applied for acceptance into _______________ College in Kansas. He was accepted but turned away when he showed up.
_______________ College in Iowa accepted Carver into the bachelor’s program.
Carver later transferred to ______________________ when he decided to change his major to horticulture.
In April of 1896, Carver was offered a job at __________________________________
When Carver arrived in Alabama in 1896, ____________________________ was king.
The boll weevil was moving toward the southeast at a speed of _____________miles per year.
In __________, Carver began extensive research into the peanut.
In __________, the boll weevil hit the southern farms and destroyed the cotton crop.
In __________, Franklin Roosevelt visited the Tuskegee Institute.
In __________ at the World’s Fair in St Louis, peanut butter was first introduced to the public.
The processing plant at Golden Peanut can shell _______ tons of peanuts an hour.
The processing plant at Golden Peanut presses about _______ tons of peanuts in a day.
Besides the peanut, the soil enriching _______________ was also studied by Carver.
Carver’s first success with soybean products was ____________________________.
He discovered about ________ uses of the soybean.
In 1937, _________________ invited Carver to Michigan to attend a conference.
Scientists at Iowa State are making plastic out of soy ___________ instead of soy oil.
In _________, newspapers first started using soy ink to print their daily editions.
George Washington Carver made his own painting pigments from acids and ____________________________.
Carver was paid ____________ per year for his work at the Tuskegee Institute.
In the 1930’s , Carver started experimenting with ______________________.
Rudolph Diesel invented a _________________ engine that would run on peanut oil.
Carver urged farmers to plant _______________________ in their crop rotation plans to enrich the soil.
Carver found _____________ products that can be made from sweet potatoes.
George Washington Carver died on _____________________________(date).
The National George Washington Carver Monument and Park is in ______________________________.
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