Early Civil Rights Efforts

Question 1

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.

Question 2

The first African American player in Major League Baseball was

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Jackie Robinson.

Question 3

Executive Order 8802 integrated

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the defense industry.

Question 4

What strategy did the NAACP use to try to end segregation?

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arguing legal cases in court

Question 5

Segregation in the US armed forces was required by

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Congress.

Question 6

Which statement best describes how Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson affected American culture?

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They showed the country that integration could be successful.

Question 7

Which legal case forced the University of Maryland to admit an African American student to its law school?

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Murray v. Pearson

Question 8

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

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segregated

Question 9

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

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change their views about minorities.

Question 10

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, 1940Based 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.

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