Domain 11 - Lesson 5: Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

Champion of Equality

Multiple Choice

What are civil rights?

• rights promised by the governments to its citizens.

• rights that are believed to belong to everyone, such as food, water, shelter, education and job.

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What are human rights?

• rights promised by the governments to its citizens.

• rights that are believed to belong to everyone, such as food, water, shelter, education and job.

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What does discrimination mean?

• fair treatment of a person or a group based on traits such as skin color, race and religion.

• unfair treatment of a person or a group based on traits such as skin color, race and religion.

Multiple Choice

Which woman was alive during the time President Abraham Lincohn was President and fought for abolition and women's suffrage, oe women's right to vote?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

Multiple Choice

Which woman was married to a president, lived at the time of the Great Depression, and fought for human rights?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

Multiple Choice

Which woman worked closely to Eleanor Roosevelt, and started a school for African American girl when they had limited opportunities for education?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Mary McLeod Bethune

Jackie Robinson

​The first African-American player in the 20th century to take the field in the American or National league.

challenge (v)

to question whether something is right or wrong.

​Example: Knowing it was not up to discussion, my sister did not want to challenge my parent's decision to not get a pet.

gamble (v)

to take a chance.

​Example: If you plan an outdoor picnic on a cloudy day, you gamble that it will not rain.

hostility (n)

a feeling of unfriendliness, anger, or dislike.

​Example: Instead of shaking hands at the end of the game, the other team showed hostility by walking off without congratulating us on our win.

intimidate (v)

to try to make someone do something by making them afraid.

​Example: My older brother try to intimidate me into doing his chores by saying he would take away my toys if I didn't cooperate.

teammates (v)

members of the same side working together for a common goal.

​Example: The teammates worked together to pass the ball down the court and win the game.

Jackie Robinson

Champion of Equality

Multiple Choice

In what ways was the way Jackie Robison fought for civil rights similar to Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mary McLeod Bethune?

• They all fought for civil rights and fairness in nonviolent ways.

• They all fought for civil rights and fairness in violent ways.

Multiple Select

In what ways was the way Jackie Robison fought for civil rights different from Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mary McLeod Bethune? (choose 2.)

• He did not march, campaign or protest.

• He joined the march, campaign or test.

• He played a professional sport and suffered from humiliation and hostility without letting it stop him from becoming a great baseball player.

• He played a professional sport with friendly teammates before becoming a great baseball player.

Multiple Choice

Who was Branch Rickey?

• The President of the Brooklyn Dodgers -

  an all-back baseball team.

• The President of the Brooklyn Dodgers -

  an all-white baseball team.

Multiple Select

What humiliations did Jackie Robison experience when he joined the Major Leagues? (choose 4)

• Some players would not sit with him.

• He was called names.

• Some players wanted to physically hurt him.

• He was still not allowed to stay in the hotels with his teammates.

• He stayed at the same hotel and eat the same restaurants with other teammates.

Multiple Select

What kind of person was Branch Rickey looking for to break "the color barrier" in professional baseball? (choose 2)

• "Self-control"

  Someone who could not be easily intimidated.

• "Courage"

  Someone who would respond to unfair treatment with nonviolence.

• "Aggressive"

  Someone who would respond to unfair treatment with violence.

• "Hot-tempered"

  Someone who could be easily intimidated.

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What did Branch Rickey want Jackie to become?

• The first African American to play in the all-white Major League Basketball Program.

• The first African American to play in the all-white Major League Football Program

• The first African American to play in the all-white Major League Baseball Program

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What did Pee Wee Reese, Jackie's teammate, do to help support Jackie Robison? (choose 2)

• Pee Wee Reese spoke up for Jackie

• Pee Wee Reese was against racial discrimination.

• Pee Wee Reese invited Jackie to visit his family.

Multiple Choice

Jackie's fight for fairness did not begin with playing professional baseball, but, instead , it began when he was in the army.

What did Jackie do while he was in the army to challenge attitudes about race?

• Jackie refused to sit in the back of a military bus simply because he was African American.

• Jackie agreed to sit in the back of a military bus because he was African American.

Multiple Select

What baseball leagues did Jackie Robison "break the color barrier"?

• Military League Baseball

• National Negro League

• College Student League Baseball

• Major League Baseball

Multiple Choice

Which baseball leagues did Jackie Robison "break the color barrier" first?

• National Negro League

• Major League Baseball