USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
George Washington Carver invented more than ____ new products that could be made from peanuts.
A
200
B
50
C
300
D
100
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In all, he developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from peanuts, including milk, Worcestershire sauce, punches, cooking oils, salad oil, paper, cosmetics, soaps and wood stains. He also experimented with peanut-based medicines, such as antiseptics, laxatives and goiter medications.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carver. 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. His humanitarian efforts were well documented and his innovations were so popular that even Franklin D.

Detailed explanation-3: -By Dr. George Washington Carver. Dr. 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.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a nutritionist, this brings to mind my favorite African American scientist: George Washington Carver. Dr. Carver studied several plants, but perhaps is most well-known for his work with peanuts. Carver discovered over 300 uses of peanuts, with such versatility as shaving cream, shampoo, wood stains, and plastics.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thanks to a long program of laboratory research, Carver would invent over 300 products derived from peanuts, including milk, flour, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, oils and cosmetics.

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