The Noble Experiment Vocabulary

Branch Ricky ______ planned a cover story that would make the world believe he was putting a new Negro league together.

• ultimate
• shrewdly
• insinuated
• speculate

At first, Robinson was ____ of Branch Rickey's plans to have him play for the Brooklyn National League Club.

• cynical
• noble
• believing
• sneering

Many newspaper reporters began _____ about Branch Rickey's plans, but they were wrong.

• disbelieving
• thinking
• taunting
• speculating

Many black people felt ____ toward the promises of white people. They doubted their intentions.

• hope
• incredulous
• noble
• shrewdly

Some ballplayers and fans would ____ Robinson and try to make him angry.

• strike
• force
• taunt
• insinuate

Robinson had the guts not to ____.

• speculate
• taunt
• integrate
• retaliate

Branch Rickey's goal was to ___ major league teams. He wanted to join the black and white baseball teams.

• integrate
• segregate
• taunt
• split

Sportswriters would write a wild ____ about Robinson's character in order to insult him.

• eloquence
• insinuation
• guess
• reaction

Branch Rickey spoke to  his directors with  ____, and he was given permission to bring blacks into baseball.

• noble
• decisiveness
• retaliation
• eloquence

The ___ goal was to ensure the success of  the "noble experiment."

• noble
• incredulous
• ultimate
• clever