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Sports and Western Society: Racial Equality
Sports and Western Society: Racial Equality
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1
This team defeated Kentucky to win the 1966 NCAA Men's National Championship?
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
Texas A&M University
Texas Western College
2
Which of the following coaches, coached A.I. at Georgetown?
Larry Brown
Tubby Smith
Kevin Ollie
John Thompson
3
What university did Jackie Robinson attend?
University of Southern California
University of California
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles
4
The phenomena where blacks are regulated to certain playing positions and excluded from others?
Stacking
Color Ban
Crossover Athlete
Integration
5
What boxer claimed conscientious objector status to exempt himself from military service?
Muhammad Ali
Rocky Marciano
Sonny Liston
Joe Louis
6
What future NBA Hall of Famer boycotted the 1968 Olympic Games in support of racial equality?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Hakeem Abdul-Olajuwon
Shareef Abdur-Rahim
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
7
The Ole Miss student infantry that suffered high casualty rates during the Civil War?
Johnny Reb
Greybacks
University Greys
Bushwhackers
8
Who was the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi?
John Hope Franklin
W.E.B. Dubois
James Meredith
Gen. Colin Powell
9
This rule requires NFL teams to interview a minority candidate for head coaching jobs?
The Rooney Rule
The Pruitt Rule
The Nagurski Rule
The Stabler Rule
10
The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that..
segregation was illegal in the schools
separate but equal facilities were legal
voting was guaranteed by the Constitution
African-Americans were not citizens of the U.S.
11
Where did Jack Johnson defeat Tommy Burns to become heavyweight champion of the world?
London, England
Sydney, Australia
Atlanta, Georgia
Las Vegas, Nevada
12
Which of the following NFL teams was the first to integrate?
Los Angeles Raiders
Cleveland Browns
New York Jets
Pittsburgh Steelers
13
What was Iverson charged with during the bowling alley brawl?
possession of a controlled substance
assault with a deadly weapon.
maiming by mob
shoplifting
14
In 1890, what did the AA and the NL both unofficially enforce?
gambling oaths
color ban
literacy tests
maximum of 2 black players per team
15
What was the nickname of Globetrotter great Reese Tatum?
The Answer
Goat
Goose
Doctor J
16
What was the name of the Negro Team in St. Louis?
The St. Louis Black Cardinals
The St. Louis Monarchs
The St. Louis Stars
The St. Louis Browns
17
What boxer's nickname was the Brown Bomber?
Joe Louis
Sonny Liston
Jack Johnson
Rocky Marciano
18
What was Joe Louis’s primary objective as a member of the U.S. Army Special Services Division?
Participate in celebrity fights to raise money
Fight Nazi boxers in an effort to win the ideological war
Sale liberty bonds
Recruit African Americans to enlist
19
What city are the Globetrotters originally from?
Chicago
Compton
Harlem
Manhattan
20
Who was the first African American heavyweight champion of the world?
Sugar Ray Robinson
Joe Louis
Cassius Clay
Jack Johnson
21
In order to defeat Jack Johnson, the media began calling for a ...
A Christian Super Star
Great White Hope
Great White Hype
Pound for Pound Contender
22
In 1938, what Nazi Boxer did Joe Louis defeat?
Max Schmeling
Joseph Goebbels
Luz Long
Wladimir Klitschko
23
Who did Muhammad Ali defeat to earn his first heavy weight belt?
Joe Frazier
Larry Holmes
Sonny Liston
George Foreman
24
Which president issued an Executive Order that required fair employment in defense industries?
Franklin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
25
Who created and was the first coach of the Globetrotters?
Albert Spalding
David Stern
Abe Saperstein
Maurice Podoloff
26
What member of the Black Muslim organization gave Muhammad Ali his Islamic name?
Warith Deen Mohammed
Louis Farrakhan Muhammad
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
27
Who was the first African-American baseball player in the Major Leagues?
Satchel Paige
Jackie Robinson
Bud Fowlers
Moses Walker
28
Which of the following was a factor that prompted racial integration in Major League Baseball?
Dr. King Jr. leading the Montgomery BusBoycott.
Commissioner Kenesaw Landis’s death
Jack Johnson's popularity
Rosa Parks arrest
29
Which of the following owners signed Jackie Robinson to a Major League contract?
Branch Rickey
George Steinbrenner
George Weiss
Harry Caray
30
Besides basketball, what other sport was Allen Iverson a high school star?
Football
Track
Soccer
Baseball
31
What aspect of Johnson’s life hindered future opportunities for black’s in the heavyweights?
His public problems with drug abuse
His membership in the Nation of Islam
His refusal to enlist in the U.S. Army
His marriage to a white woman
32
Because many blacks did not have the means to support their teams, many Negro teams engaged
Barnstorming Games
Barn Burning Games
American Association games
National League games
33
Which Coach has won the most number of college basketball games?
Rick Pitino
Bobby Knight
John Calipari
John Wooden
34
Which Hall of Fame running back founded the Black Economic Union
Barry Sanders
Gale Sayers
Jim Brown
Walter Peyton
35
What former heavy weight champion came out of retirement and was then beaten by Johnson?
Tommy Burns
Joe Choynski
Tommy Gunn
James J. Jeffries