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George Washington ` Carver

George Washington ` Carver. By: Leslie Malone. George Washington’s Life. He was born into difficult and changing times near the end of the Civil War. He began his formal education at the age of twelve, which required him to leave the home of his adopted parents.

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George Washington ` Carver

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  1. George Washington ` Carver By: Leslie Malone

  2. George Washington’s Life • He was born into difficult and changing times near the end of the Civil War. • He began his formal education at the age of twelve, which required him to leave the home of his adopted parents. • At the age of thirty, Carver gained acceptance to Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he was the first black student. • The area of Carver's childhood near Diamond Grove, Missouri preserved as a park, this park was the first designated national monument to an African American in the United States.

  3. Agricultural chemist, Carver discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. He educated the farmers to alternate the soil-depleting cotton crops with soil-enriching crops such as; peanuts, peas, soybeans, sweet potato, and pecans. He educated the farmers to alternate the soil-depleting cotton crops with soil-enriching crops such as; peanuts, peas, soybeans, sweet potato, and pecans. During World War I, he found a way to replace the textile dyes formerly imported from Europe George Washington Carver

  4. George Washington Carver Timeline

  5. Bibliograghy • Bellis, Mary. "Goerge Washington Carver." About.com. 2008. 1 Feb 2008 <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa041897.htm>. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver

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