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The correct answer is C) To introduce the reader to a famous American
If the author begins this article with a story of George Washington Carver was because he introduced the reader to a famous American.
George Washington Carver (1864-1943) was an African American inventor and researcher who was a professor of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. He was the Director of the Agriculture School in the Institute in 1896 after Booker T. Washing had hired him. He did plenty of research on the use of peanuts to produce many products.
Answer:nMining played an important role in the settling of the American West. Demand for minerals rose dramatically after the Civil War as the United States changed from a farming nation to an industrial nation. Mining also led to the building of railroads to connect the mines to factories back east.
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If I remember this right, it was the French.
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