Early Civil Rights Efforts

Question 1

Which of these statements does the graph support?

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In the battle, African Americans proved their worthiness to skeptical white soldiers.

Question 2

After the segregation of the major leagues, African American players .

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played in Negro leagues

Question 3

Choose the right phrase to complete the sentence.Truman’s Executive Order 9981 called for the

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end of segregation in the US armed forces.

Question 4

Select the best word or phrase to complete each sentence below.During its earliest years, professional baseball was .

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not segregated

Question 5

The segregation of professional baseball was enforced by.

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informal agreement

Question 6

Think about the act of breaking baseball’s decades-old color line and challenging the system of segregation that existed in many areas of American life. From which sources would you expect Robinson to receive criticism and abuse?Share your opinion by selecting any answers that match your ideas.

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Dodgers teammates; opponents; white fans; African American fans; umpires and other officials; the media

Question 7

When opposing players threatened to strike because of Jackie Robinson, National League President Ford Frick responded. Which of the following statements best summarizes Frick’s view?

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He was going to support integration no matter what people’s reactions were.

Question 8

Read the Supreme Court’s ruling to the left. What does it suggest about Texas’s African American and white law schools?

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Separate facilities for African Americans and whites may be unequal in quality.

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