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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was Jackie Robinson?
The first black to play in soccer?
The first black man to join a baseball team?
The first African American to integrate or play on a Major League Team.
An ordinary man with a dream to one day play baseball.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What Major league team was the first to sign Jackie Robinson?
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Giants
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the phrase "He opened the door for blacks in the sport of baseball" mean when talking about Jackie Robinson?
That he Jackie held a door open for blacks to enter the stadium?
That Jackie was the first to play in Major Leagues ?
That because Jackie was the first to play it created opportunities other blacks to play?
That black players would not able to play ever.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did Jackie Robinson respond to the other team calling him names?
He laughed and called them names.
He yelled back at them.
He ignored them and focused on playing the game.
He got upset and quit.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did Branch Rickey hire Jackie?
He was a good baseball player
He wanted the best players no matter what color they were
He was brave enough not to fight back.
All of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who was Kenesaw Mountain Landis?
He was the Commissioner that believed baseball was a white mans sport.
He started the Negro League
He chose Jackie Robinson to play in the Major League
He was a baseball player
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who was the first black baseball player to play in the professional league?
Rube Foster
Jackie Robinson
Moses Fleetwood Walker
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why were blacks no longer able to play in the major leagues?
They were terrible baseball players
They lost to many games.
A gentleman's agreement where managers agreed not to hire anymore blacks.
They lost interest in the game of baseball
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who was Happy Chandler?
The 2nd. Commissioner that wanted to open the door for blacks to play in the Major leagues again.
The Commissioner that felt the game of baseball was a white man's sport.
Jackie Robinson;s coach
A great baseball player.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did Rube Foster do for Negro League baseball?
He was a great baseball player
He started the Negro leagues in 1920
He was manager of the Chicago American Giants negro league team.
All of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What did Jackie Robinson do for baseball?
He made the game of baseball easier.
He integrated the sport and created opportunities for other blacks to be able to play in the Major leagues again.
He made the game of baseball unfair
He changes the rules of the game to help white players
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who is Dennis Biddle?
He played for the Chicago American Giants
The Man that Beat the Man that Beat the Man
Your classroom speaker and the youngest living player of the Negro leagues.
All of the above
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was the title of Mr. Biddle's book?
The Dennis Biddle's Story
All About Baseball
Black Baseball Players
The Secrets of Negro Leagues Baseball, As Told by Dennis Biddle
- 14. Multiple Choice
How did Mr. Biddle learn to play the sport of baseball?
He learned on his own
He learned playing with his friends as a child.
He learned in college
He learned to play when he played in the Negro Leagues.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What does Integration mean in baseball?
That blacks and whites can play together in professional baseball leagues and teams.
That blacks and whites can't play together but on separate teams and baseball leagues.
- 16. Multiple Choice
What Negro League team did Dennis Biddle play for?
Kansas City Monarchs
New York Black Yankees
Chicago American Giants
Indianapolis Clowns
- 17. Multiple Choice
What happened to the Negro baseball leagues during integration, After Jackie Robinson opened the door?
Black baseball players could try out and play for Major league teams like Jackie.
Black baseball players had to find new jobs.
They hired women to play in the Major Leagues.
The Negro League players quit playing .
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which Negro league ballplayer was listed in congress as the youngest living player of the Negro leagues.
Hank Aaron
Ernie Banks
Dennis Biddle
Willie Mays
- 19. Multiple Choice
What year was the Negro Leagues founded or created by Rube Foster?
1819
1920
1930
1947
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the Gentlemen's Agreement that caused Moses Fleetwood Walker to stop playing in professional baseball?
A agreement to eliminate or take black baseball players out of professional baseball teams.
An agreement to hire more blacks in major leagues.
An agreement to provide equal pay for black players
An agreement to equal opportunities for blacks in baseball.
- 21. Multiple Choice
When were black ballplayers able to play in the Major leagues again after the "Gentlemen's Agreement" that didn't allow them to play anymore?
After Jackie Robinson opened the door or integrated the Major Leagues in 1947
When Jackie Robinson was born.
When black players tried out for the team.
when blacks played on their own teams.
- 22. Multiple Choice
How did black baseball players deal with the way they were treated?
They held rallies and protest.
The filed hired a lawyer.
They gave up.
They formed their own teams and showed everyone how great they really were.
- 23. Multiple Choice
What would you say Jackie Robinson opening the door in Major League Baseball has done for other blacks in the sport?
Gave other black ballplayers a chance to play in the Major Leagues.
Nothing but a broken heart for not being able to play.
Made them feel left out.
Made them give up and find something else to do.
- 24. Multiple Choice
If the Theme of a story is the message or lesson you learned from it, What would you say is the Theme of this story?
Doing your best can bring you success.
Never judge a book by it's cover.
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
All of the Above.
- 25. Multiple Choice
If you had a chance to share what you have learned about Negro Leagues Baseball what would you say?
That black baseball players were not given the same opportunities in the 1800's and some of the 1900's.
That Moses Fleetwood Walker was really the first African American to play in the Major Leagues.
That Jackie Robinson opened the doors for blacks to play again when he integrated Major League baseball in 1947.
All of the Above
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