Which scientist and educator developed the peanut products and crop rotation programs at Tuskegee?

Which scientist and educator developed the peanut products and crop rotation programs at Tuskegee?

• A. George Washington Carver
• B. Booker T. Washington
• C. Frederick Douglass
• D. Louis Armstrong

Answer: (A)

George Washington Carver is the figure linked with these Tuskegee agricultural advances. He was a scientist and educator at Tuskegee Institute who promoted crop rotation using nitrogen-fixing legumes, like peanuts, to restore soil worn out by cotton farming. He also developed and popularized hundreds of peanut-based products, showing how science could create new markets for farmers. Booker T. Washington founded and led the school, but the specific peanut products and soil-improving crop-rotation programs came from Carver. Frederick Douglass and Louis Armstrong are associated with different historical roles, not Tuskegee’s agricultural work.

George Washington Carver is the figure linked with these Tuskegee agricultural advances. He was a scientist and educator at Tuskegee Institute who promoted crop rotation using nitrogen-fixing legumes, like peanuts, to restore soil worn out by cotton farming. He also developed and popularized hundreds of peanut-based products, showing how science could create new markets for farmers. Booker T. Washington founded and led the school, but the specific peanut products and soil-improving crop-rotation programs came from Carver. Frederick Douglass and Louis Armstrong are associated with different historical roles, not Tuskegee’s agricultural work.