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Our American Heritage pages 212-245

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What was the best thing about Sunday for Booker?   molasses  
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Where did Booker and his family move to after they were free?   Malden, West Virginia  
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What did Booker wish he had been born with when he started school?   last name  
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Where did Booker go that 500 miles away?   Hampton Institute  
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What did Booker learn to love?   the Bible  
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What school was Booker in charge of?   Tuskegee Institute  
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What did Booker say that the happiest people in the world are?   Those who do the most for others  
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What was George Washington Carver's favorite hobby?   studying plants  
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When George Washington Carver was 10 years old walked where to attend school?   Neosho  
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What family did George Washington Carver live with?   Watkins  
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What did Mr. Carver become at the Tuskegee Institute?   Director of Agriculture  
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How many uses of the peanut did Professor Carver discover?   300  
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How many uses of the sweet potato did Professor Carver discover?   118  
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Where did Laura Ingalls Wilder live?   Wisconsin  
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Who did Laura marry?   Almanzo Wilder  
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After Mary Ingall's fever became worse, what happened to her?   slowly went blind  
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What was Laura's first doll made from?   Corn cob  
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What did Laura write?   autobiography  
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What date was Billy Sunday born?   November 19, 1862  
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During what event was Billy Sunday born?   Civil War  
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What did Billy Sunday receive at the Orphans' Home in Davenport, Iowa?   Good education and excellent Bible teaching  
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What team did Billy Sunday play baseball for?   Chicago White Sox  
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What world's record did Billy Sunday hold?   stolen bases  
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What filled the emptiness that Billy Sunday felt?   Jesus Christ  
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Who did Billy Sunday choose as his song leader?   Homer Rodeheaver  
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What word did Booker T. Washington hear the other slaves whispering?   "freedom"  
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Where did Booker work with his stepfather?   salt mines  
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What was the first book Booker ever owned?   blue-backed speller  
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George Washington Carver was owned and reared by whom?   Mr. and Mrs. Moses Carver  
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What college did George Washington Carver begin to study plants?   Iowa State University  
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What did Laura Ingalls Wilder's father build the family when they moved west?   prairie schooner  
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What expression was used to explain people getting saved during one of Billy Sunday's evangelistic meetings?   "hitting the sawdust trail"  
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What did Billy Sunday do so that mothers could attend his meetings to hear God's Word?   organize a nursery  
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How many people is it estimated that Billy Sunday preached to in his lifetime?   one hundred million  
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Why was it important for Booker T. Washington to remember the number 18?   Stepfather's number was 18  
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What did Laura Ingalls Wilder mean when she promised herself that she would be Mary's eyes?   Laura would describe every new thing she saw to Mary.  
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Why was Laura Ingalls Wilder's time in history considered a remarkable time?   America had made many changes during Laura's ninety years of life  
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Why did Billy Sunday feel it was important to preach against the evil of liquor?   He saw the pain, cruelty and tragedy that came to the drunkard and his family  
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