Jackie Robinson

Why couldn't Jackie Robinson fight back?

• Because he is a coward

• He doesn't want to stand up for his race.

• Then people would think integration doesn't work.

Rickey needed an excellent player that wouldn't retaliate to the hate. Which one is NOT the quality that he wants from the player?

• Anger

• High Spirit

• athlete skills

• dignity

Why couldn't Jackie play in the major leagues?

• He was African American
• Baseball was segregated
• He wasn't good enough
• Both A and B

Why is Jackie famous?

• He's a great baseball player.
• He played four sports.
• He was very fast.
• He was the first African American in the Major Leagues.

What was the name of the major league team that Jackie played on?

• Brooklyn Dodgers
• N.Y. Mets
• Atlanta Braves
• LA Dodgers

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Why did Branch Rickey hire Jackie?

• He was a good baseball player
• He wanted the best players no matter what color they were
• He was brave enough not to fight back.
• All of the above

Why did Branch Rickey WANT to integrate baseball?

• To make money
• To make the headlines in the newspapers
• To create justice for people of color
• To gain fans

To get revenge on someone means to...

• Integrate
• Retaliate
• Taunt 
• Shrewdly

In "The Noble Experiment", the whole point of the "experiment" was to do what to baseball?

• segregate it
• integrate it
• taunt it
• insinuate it

Who was the owner that signed him?

• Bobby Cox
• George Bush
• Branch Rickey
• Pee Wee Reese

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