Who Did It?
Won four Olympic gold medals
Jesse Owens
George Washington Carver taught at Moody Institute
False, Tuskegee
Orville and Wilbur Wright opened their own ____ shop
Bike
George Washington Carver was the first African American to graduate from _____ State University
Iowa
Was known as the "Buckeye Bullet" while attending college
Jesse Owens
Jim Thorpe became the first president of the American Professional Track Association
False, Football
Jim Thorpe played football against the future President _______
Dwight D. Eisenhower
_____ Wright was the first person to successfully pilot an engine-powered plane
Orville
Known as the "plant doctor"
George Washington Carver
True
George Washington Carver paid his way through college by doing other students ______
After their successful flights, the Wright brothers started their own ___ company
Airplane
Named America's Athlete of the Century in 1999
Jim Thorpe
George Washington Carver encouraged local farmers to grow other crops such as cotton, peanuts, and sweet potatoes
False, Vegetables
The school record for the ____ was broken by Jim Thorpe
High Jump
George Washington Carver became the Director of _____ at Tuskegee Institute
Agriculture
Who asked George Washington Carver to teach at Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
The first successful airplane was tested in Raleigh, North Carolina
False, Kitty Hawk
George Washington Carver found over 300 uses for the _______
Peanut
Plants