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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What ideas made George Washington Carver famous?
A
He created asphalt and concrete.
B
He created products from cotton.
C
He developed a way to help masters punish their slaves.
D
He created many products using peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He therefore devoted much of his energy to studying the use of natural fertilizers and nutrient-restoring techniques, like crop rotation, as well as promoting alternatives to cotton, like sweet potatoes and peanuts. At his experiment station, Carver worked to develop new uses for those alternative crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dr. Carver established an agriculture extension in Alabama and founded an industrial research lab where he worked tirelessly on the development of hundreds of applications for new plants. Carver discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the “Father of the Peanut Industry, ‘’ George Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for peanuts, including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue, to help save agriculture in the South.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Washington Carver’s work resulted in the creation of more than 300 products from peanuts, contributing greatly to the economic improvement of the rural South.

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