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

What sport was NOT common in the saloons?

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

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

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

What were "muckrakers"?

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

What affected urban transportation networks and the early tourism industry?

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

The first official intercollegiate competition took place in what sport?

The ___ became the focal point of modern sport.

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

Where were settlement houses located?

What historic event greatly slowed the growth of American sport?

What city formed the first professional baseball team?

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

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

Who lead the way as social reformers?

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

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

What was the "sporting fraternity"?

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

Black athletes responded to racism by ______

With the invention of the railroad ______

The first professional football teams started as ______

_______ was the first major organized American team sport.