WorksheetsWe are the ship 1st & 2nd Inning
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 3mins
Who is the author of We Are The Ship?
Kadir Nelson
Oscar Charleston
Gus Greenlee
Effa Manley
Who is on the cover of We Are The Ship?
Kadir Nelson
Mike Trout
Jackie Robinson
David Ortiz
What did African American baseball players do when white owners banned them from playing in the Professional Leagues?
Gave up
Started working in factories
Created their own league
Go to college
Who was Rube Foster?
A manager
A baseball player
The creator of the Negro Leagues, a manager, and a baseball player
A sports commentator
"His league was so successful that a group of white owners of independent Negro teams formed a rival league of their own."
What does the underlined word mean?
A group of friends
The competition; one who tries to equal or outdo another
A partner
Someone who plays in the outfield
"Most of that clowning was done in the early days of Negro baseball, before Rube founded the league."
What does the underlined word mean?
Established, started
Abandon
Eat
Chase
Due to the number of injuries sustained by the players in the Negro leagues, two players invented...
The baseball
Shoes and socks
Wooden shin guards and baseball helmets
First base plate
Why do the umpires make so many mistakes when calling a Negro League game?
They didn't want to be there
The other team paid them
They had never seen their type of baseball
They didn't like baseball
The teams that clowned were not allowed in the league, because their acts were too much like the buffoonery you would see in the movies."
What does the underlined word mean?
Happy, joyful
Seriousness
Goofing around, foolishness
Sleepy
