George Washington Carver has changed the way we live today in many ways. Not only did he invent peanut butter, he also came up with over 300 products from the peanut, such as soap, ink, and candy. He made up 118 products from the sweet potato, like flour, shoe blacking, and candy, and 75 products from the pecan. There are so many things that we enjoy today because of Carver. Although he only got three patents, he discovered things such as adhesives, axle grease, bleach, buttermilk, chili sauce, fuel briquettes, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, meat tenderizer, metal polish, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream, shoe polish, synthetic rubber, talcum powder, and wood stain. This agricultural chemist changed the South into having multi-crop farmlands instead of single crop lands. The farmers grew profitable because of his discoveries and inventions. When someone asked him how we found these different crops, he would say, "God gave them to me." He was recognized for his achievements by receiving the Springarn Medal, awarded to outstanding members of his race, in 1923, and the Roosevelt Medal in 1939.
His life story...
George Washington Carver was born a slave on a plantation near Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864. The plantation was owned by Moses and Susan Carver who treated George and his older brother like their children because they never had children of their own. Unlike other black people at the time, Carver was able to get an education and went to college at Simpson College and later transferred to Iowa Agricultural College. There, he learned about soil conservation and chemurgy. On January 5, 1943, George Washington Carver died at age 71.
About peanut butter...
Peanut butter is very important in our American culture today. Peanuts are a major food source, and because of his discoveries, George Washington Carver invented something that we will always cherish and remember. Before he invented the 300 uses for peanut butter, peanuts had to be discovered. His inventions of the many different crops gave people different kinds of food and created new markets for farmers.
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