George Washington Carver
True or False: George Washington Carver was born into slavery?
True
True or False: Benjamin Banneker was born in 1831
False, he was born in 1731
True or False: Bessie Coleman was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
False, she was born in Atlanta, Texas
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What did people use to call George Washington Carver?
Plant Doctor
Which of the following things did Banneker not teach himself: Astronomy, Reading, Mathematics, Engineering
Reading
How far did Bessie Coleman walk each day to go to school?
4 miles (or 8 miles total)
Name on person that we learned about last week.
Ida B. Wells Barnett, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, and Sidney Poitier
Approximately how many uses for peanuts were there during George Washington Carver's lifetime?
300
What city did Banneker help plan the layout for?
Washington DC
Bessie Coleman was African American and what other nationality/ethnicity?
Native American
What African American inventor patented the hearing aid?
Harry Hopkins
What type of college was George Washington Carver accepted into?
Agricultural
True or False: Banneker was writing with Thomas Jefferson while he was president
False, it was before he was president.
Where did Bessie Coleman learn to fly?
France
In 1968, who became the first African American to win the US Open tennis tournament?
Arthur Ashe
What did cotton suck out of the soil?
Nitrogen
What did Banneker start publishing in 1792?
Almanacs
True or False: Bessie Coleman would not perform in shows that African Americans could not go to see
True
Who invented the automatic car washer?
Richard Spike