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38 Cards in this Set
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Name 2 black americans who spend their lives to improve conditions for the blacks in the south? |
Booker T Washingon and George Washington Carver |
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How old was Booger when he left home? |
15 |
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What did school did Booger go to when he left home? |
Hampton Institute |
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What did Booger learn to love when he went to the Hampton Insitute? |
Bible |
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In what year did Booger start teaching school? |
1881 |
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What was the name of town Booger started teaching in? |
Tuskegee, Alabama |
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Washington wanted to teach his students _______? |
to work hard to support themselves |
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What did Booger and his student start at school? |
plant a garden |
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What did they use the crops for? |
1. food 2. sold for money to buy books |
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What did Washington teach his students when more buildings were needed? |
make bricks, build buildings |
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What was done with the extra bricks? |
sold for money |
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The school became known as _________. |
Tuskegee Institute |
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What happened to the Tuskegee institute? |
prospered and grew |
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What kind of teacher was Washington looking for? |
Chemistry |
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Who did Washington hire? |
George Washington Carver |
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Carver earned his degree from _____. |
Iowa State College |
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Carver amazed the world with his _______. |
accoplishments |
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It seemed that he was a genius that could do anything with ____. |
plants |
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He studied the _____ of plants thoroughly. |
chemistry |
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Carver found ____ uses for sweet potato. |
118 |
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Name 3 uses for the sweet potato. |
ink, rubber, chocolate |
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From the peanut, Carver made over ______ products. |
285 |
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Name 3 products that Carver made from peanuts |
cheese, butter, candy |
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Carver encouraged farmers to plant ______ which nourished and enriched the soil instead of wearing it out. |
peanuts |
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Which crop is one of the most profitable a farmer can grow? |
soybeans |
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Many northerners could not do what when they got back form the war? |
find jobs |
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Many southerners came home to find what? |
farms and cities had been destroyed |
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What was an important animal to the indians life? |
Buffalo |
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What did the buffalo provide to the indians? |
Meat, skins used for tepees and clothing |
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After the civil war pioneers began to build ___ on the great plains. |
settlemetns |
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Who had broken many promises with the indians? |
white men |
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Many indians decided that they must not be forced to do what?? |
move again |
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what were pieces of land that the united states had set aside for the indians? |
reservations |
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What is a transcontinental railroad? |
a railroad that would cross the continent from coast to coast |
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What 2 railroad companies worked on the first transcontinental railroad? |
Union Pacific Co. Central Pacific Co. |
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ON what date did the Union pacific locomotive meet a Central pacific locomotive? |
May 10, 1869 |
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What was the place where two railroads met? |
Promontory Point, Utah |
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What 2 changes did the transcontinental railroad bring to our country? |
Settle the West east was brought closer to the West. |
