KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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flight
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slavery
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Carver was born a slave on a small farm near Diamond Grove, Missouri, in 1865, “near the end of the war.” Moses and Susan Carver, his owners, reputedly opposed slavery. However, they needed labor to work their lands and acquired slaves, including Mary, George’s mother.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carver was born an enslaved person in the 1860s in Missouri. The exact date of his birth is unclear, but some historians believe it was around 1864, just before slavery was abolished in 1865. As a baby, George, his mother, and his sister were kidnapped from the man who enslaved them, Moses Carver.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington Carver’s remarkable life began on a homestead established by Moses Carver near Diamond Grove, Missouri. Moses purchased a woman, Mary, in 1855 who gave birth to George-later George Washington Carver-in the early 1860s.