UGS America Through Baseball Exam 2

Who were the Cuban giants

first all black team

What year did women play little league

1974

What did road beef mean

sex with women

Who did Jackie Robinson testify against

Paul Robeson

Who was the first woman inducted into HOF

Effa Manley

What happened with the players strike

World Series cancelled

Who started the NNL

Rube Foster

What did south of the north mean with flood

Philly was racist and a southern state

What did Marvin miller do

MLBPA huge advocate and made it good

Who were the peaches

AAGPL team

Who said a rich slave is a slave

Curt Flood

Last team to integrate

Red Sox

Which 2 players sat out in spring training

Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale

Who did MLK say made his job easier

Jackie Robinson

Who was the second black mlb player

Larry Dobby

What year was the little league founded

1939

Who was the first gay player

Glenn Burke

Wheres the negro museum

Kansas City

Which team was the parent of the Havana sugar people

Cincinnati Reds

Epicenter of baseball in the early 20th century

cuba

Most active players not in US

Dominican Republic

Who set up try outs

Wendell Smith

Someone said this is the most important event in sports history

Jackie Robinson debut

What did ball four do

Exposed what really happens behind the scenes for players

First little league org

American legion baseball

What were the origins of the AAGPBL?

founded during WWII (1943) by Philip Wrigley

How has youth baseball adapted to Title IX?

Some leagues opened to girls, and opportunities expanded through softball and integrated baseball.

What is hegemonic masculinity?

A cultural norm that privileges dominant forms of male behavior — strength, stoicism, competitiveness.

Why is Roberto Clemente important?

Puerto Rican MLB star and humanitarian who used his platform to fight for civil rights and dignity.

What did Curt Flood challenge and how?

sued MLB over the reserve clause, comparing it to slavery due to lack of player freedom

What year did Lizzie Arlington sign a Minor League Contract

1898

AAGPL launched in

1943

A league of their own released in

1992

Kathryn Johnson

“Tubby Rule”

Ypsilanti Mayor

Challenged Little League to remove prohibition against women

Pam Postema

Umpire in 1977

Womens National Team

2004

Little League

1939

Nolan Ryan

Hit Robin Ventura in the head → hegemonic masculinity

Jose Canseco

Open about steroids and how baseball players mess with women

Lester Rodney

Baseball, Integration, Communism

Negro Leagues Museum founded in

1990

Jackie Robinson’s Number that has been retired

42

Jackie Robinson Day

April 15