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

Other professional sports became segregated.

Other African Americans refused to watch Robinson play.

Other minorities began to play professional baseball.

Other minorities saw that integration was too difficult.

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What did Huey Long’s Share-the-Wealth proposal depend on for funding?

donations from public and private companies

a government-mandated redistribution of wealth

partnerships with large, successful charities

a tax on the profits from New Deal programs

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

integrated

all white

mostly African American

segregated

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

harass minority players.

change their views about minorities.

start a Negro league baseball team.

pressure Congress to integrate the military.

The first African American player in Major League Baseball was

Ford Frick.

Branch Rickey.

Jackie Robinson.

Cap Anson.

The overall purpose of the NAACP is to

integrate professional sports.

argue cases before the Supreme Court.

fight for the civil rights of African Americans.

establish a “separate but equal” society.

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