Unit 6A Test

Question 21 • (OC27) US History-2100310-S2-Meadows

Branch Rickey was

Answer

a white general manager who opposed segregation in baseball.

an African American who organized baseball’s first Negro league.

an accomplished African American athlete and baseball team owner.

a white baseball player who defended segregation in the sport.

Explanation

Branch Rickey was a white baseball executive and general manager who challenged segregation by bringing Jackie Robinson into Major League Baseball in 1947. He was not an African American player or the organizer of the first Negro league, so choice A is correct.

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