History of Sport in the U.S. Test #2

Who lead the way as social reformers?

The first professional football teams started as ______

How did Irish immigrants gain an entry to the mainstream culture?

The sub-communities of middle and upper-class white men enjoyed which sport?

What was a very important invention in technology during the progessive era?

The ___ became the focal point of modern sport.

The white women of the upper and middle classes achieved greater freedom with the establishment of ______

What city formed the first professional baseball team?

The first official intercollegiate competition took place in what sport?

What sport was NOT common in the saloons?

What historic event greatly slowed the growth of American sport?

City dweller's concerns about moral and physical well being fostered an outdoor recreation movement called ____

What group of men was most notable in the sporting fraternity?

Where were settlement houses located?

The sport Golf and Tennis became popular because of the invention of ____

What sport was popular among wealthy women becasue of its allowance for women and men to mingleTogetherWithoutChaperones

What was the "sporting fraternity"?

What affected urban transportation networks and the early tourism industry?

Black athletes responded to racism by ______

With the invention of the railroad ______

What were "muckrakers"?

Gymnastics became part of a _____ featuring various forms of physical exercise promoted by instructors.

_______ was the first major organized American team sport.

Besides horse racing, what sporting event drew large crowds within the sporting fraternity?

From the 1840's until the Civil War, the number of city dwellers increased due to _______.