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Early Civil Rights Efforts Answers

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What was one effect of Jackie Robinson’s joining Major League Baseball?

A
Other professional sports became segregated.
B
Other African Americans refused to watch Robinson play.
C
Other minorities began to play professional baseball.
D
Other minorities saw that integration was too difficult.
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Which event marked the beginning of segregation in professional baseball in the late 1800s?

A
Congress passed a law segregating all sports.
B
Branch Rickey fought for segregation before the Supreme Court.
C
An executive order requiring segregation was issued.
D
Baseball owners reached an informal agreement on segregation.
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Why did Major League Baseball owners support segregation by 1890?

A
They feared that African Americans would not pay to watch white players.
B
They wanted to pay their players less money than players in the Negro leagues earned.
C
They feared that white audiences would not pay to watch African American players.
D
They wanted their players to make as much money as players in the Negro leagues did.
4

The first African American player in Major League Baseball was

A
Ford Frick.
B
Branch Rickey.
C
Jackie Robinson.
D
Cap Anson.
5

The overall purpose of the NAACP is to

A
integrate professional sports.
B
argue cases before the Supreme Court.
C
fight for the civil rights of African Americans.
D
establish a “separate but equal” society.
6

When some people reacted negatively to Jackie Robinson’s presence on the Brooklyn Dodgers, baseball officials

A
paid Robinson to return to the Negro leagues.
B
actively worked to stop the dissent.
C
called for Branch Rickey to retire from baseball.
D
reconsidered the desegregation of baseball.
7

Segregation in the US armed forces was required by

A
Jim Crow laws.
B
Congress.
C
the NAACP.
D
Plessy v. Ferguson.
8

Executive Order 8802 integrated

A
the US armed forces.
B
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
C
the defense industry.
D
the Tuskegee Airmen.
9

Jackie Robinson’s success in Major League Baseball encouraged white Americans to

A
harass minority players.
B
change their views about minorities.
C
start a Negro league baseball team.
D
pressure Congress to integrate the military.
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Which best describes the US armed forces during World War II?

A
integrated
B
all white
C
mostly African American
D
segregated

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