English, 29.01.2021 22:30 tiffanydowell13
George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri, around 1864. He is one of the nation's most famous agricultural scientists. He is best known for his research on peanuts and his commitment to helping Southern African American farmers.
Carver was always interested in plants. When he was a child, he was known as the "plant doctor." He had a secret garden where he grew all kinds of plants. People would ask him for advice when they had sick plants. Sometimes he'd take their plants to his garden and nurse them back to health.
Later, when he was teaching at Tuskegee Institute, he put his plant skills to good use. Many people in the South had been growing only cotton on their land. Cotton plants use most of the nutrients in the soil, so the soil becomes "worn out" after a few years. Eventually, cotton will no longer grow on this land. This was especially bad for farmers, who relied on selling cotton to support themselves. Carver was dedicated to helping those farmers, so he came up with a plan.
Carver knew that certain plants put nutrients back into the soil. One of those plants is the peanut! Carver thought that if those cotton farmers planted peanuts, the plants would help restore their soil, provide food for their animals, and provide protein for their familiesâquite a plant! In 1896 peanuts were not even recognized as a crop in the United States, but Carver would help change that.
Carver told farmers to rotate their crops: plant cotton one year, then the next year plant peanuts and other soil-restoring plants, like peas and sweet potatoes. It worked! The peanut plants grew and produced lots of peanuts. The plants added enough nutrients to the soil so cotton grew the next year.
Reagan is writing a report about George Washington Carver. Which sentence from her report correctly quotes the article?
A. According to the Library of Congress, "Later when [Carver] was teaching at Tuskegee Institute, he put his plant skills to good use" (2019).
B. The Library states, "Cotton plants use most of the nutrients in the soil, so the soil becomes worn out after a few years" (2019).
C. Library of Congress argues that this was especially bad for farmers, "who relied on selling cotton" to support themselves (2019).
D. One source says, "Carver was a plant doctor when he was a child and people consider him to be a plant doctor" (2019).
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