Swish: The Harlem Globetrotters

After Wendell Phillips High School,

why didn't these division champ players

get recruited by the top teams?

• They only took white players.

• They didn't have good enough grades.

• They weren't tall enough.

• They went to an all Black school.

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What did they travel in from town to town?

• Train

• School Bus

• Old planer

• Model T car

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What did the Globetrotters do in the middle of the game

to entertain the crowds?

• Ballhandling

  Tricks

• Dunk

  Contest

• Three Point

  Shootout

• Sit on the

  Bench

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The players formed their own team

with the help of Abe Saperstein

called the ________________.

• Five

  Giants

• Harlem

  Globetrotters

• New York

  Knicks

• New York

  Nets

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Who was the first pro NBA team

to challenge the Globetrotters?

• Minnesota

  Lakers

• Los Angeles

  Lakers

• New York

  Knicks

• Chicago

  Bulls

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Who was the six-foot-ten inch giant

that was sure to help the Lakers win?

• George

  Mikan

• Michael

  Jordan

• James

  Weeldreyer

• Goose

  Tatum

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After the Globetrotters beat the Lakers 61-59

what did the losing team demand?

• The Globetrotters leave town

• A rematch

• They join the pros in the NBA.

• They cheated.

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Now that the Globetrotters were more popular

than the pro teams in the NBA

what did the team owners do?

• Draft Black players to be on their team.

• Trade for better players.

• Not allow the Globetrotters to play against their team.

• Sell their teams.

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What did the United States call the team

when they returned home from traveling the world?

• Golden

  Globetrotters

• America's

  Ambassadors

  of Goodwill

• Harlem

  Hoopsters

• Team

  United

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In the end, what did the Harlem Globetrotters do for America?

• Won the NBA Championship.

• Astonished crowds with their spectacular basketball tricks.

• Brought Black and white players together.

• Sipped tea with the Queen of England.

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