WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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He taught farmers to rotate their crops with peanuts, yielding better harvests.
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He increased the exportation of peanuts with other countries.
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He learned how to use the excess of peanuts to create new items.
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He opened a college for them to learn new farming techniques.
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He used peanuts & corn to feed pigs, creating better ham & bacon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -But Carver’s biggest success came from peanuts. 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among Carver’s many synthetic discoveries: adhesives, axle grease, bleach, chili sauce, creosote, dyes, flour, instant coffee, shoe polish, shaving cream, vanishing cream, wood stains and fillers, insulating board, linoleum, meat tenderizer, metal polish, milk flakes, soil conditioner and Worcestershire sauce.
Detailed explanation-3: -From his work at Tuskegee, Carver developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts; these included: flour, paste, insulation, paper, wall board, wood stains, soap, shaving cream and skin lotion. He experimented with medicines made from peanuts, which included antiseptics, laxatives and a treatment for goiter.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carver was one of the most prominent African Americans of his time and well-recognized for his work in plant research. George Washington Carver advised Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi on matters of agriculture and nutrition. George Washington Carver was the first African American to have a national park named after him.