Early Civil Rights Efforts — Quiz

Question 1

Read this quotation. In this period of power politics, nothing counts but pressure, and still more pressure, through the tactic and strategy of broad, organized, aggressive mass action behind the vital and important issues of the Negro. –A. Philip Randolph, 1940 Based on the quotation, Randolph would most likely consider the best strategy for integrating the armed forces to be

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organizing to pressure politicians.

Question 2

The first African American player in Major League Baseball was

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Jackie Robinson.

Question 3

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

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actively worked to stop the dissent.

Question 4

Which event marked the beginning of segregation in professional baseball in the late 1800s?

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Baseball owners reached an informal agreement on segregation.

Question 5

Which best describes the US armed forces during World War II?

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segregated

Question 6

Who worked against Truman’s efforts to desegregate the military?

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Southern Democrats

Question 7

Segregation in the US armed forces was required by

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Congress.

Question 8

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

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Other minorities began to play professional baseball.

Question 9

Executive Order 8802 integrated

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the defense industry.

Question 10

Why did Major League Baseball owners support segregation by 1890?

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They feared that white audiences would not pay to watch African American players.

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