Promises to Keep

President Harry Truman ended segregation in the military.

• True

• False

The Civil War ended slavery, but after the Civil War there was ________________ .

• slavery

• segregation

• fighting

• slaves

Who was the person who gave Jackie Robinson a shot in the Major Leagues?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harry Truman

• Branch Rickey

• Sharon Robinson

Salaries were lower for baseball players in the Negro Leagues.

• True

• False

Basketball was the first team sport targeted for changing segregation.

• True

• False

Branch Rickey thought it was unfair to keep black players out of the Major Leagues.

• True

• False

__________________ wrote daily newspaper articles about the unfairness segregation in sports.

• Truman

• Sportswriters

• Lincoln

• Rickey

Segregation means ______________ .

• joined by race

• unfair

• rules in baseball

• separated by race

Jackie Robinson's family was affected by segregation.

• True

• False

When Rickey first proposed that baseball should no longer be segregated, people immediately agreed with him.

• True

• False