Promises to Keep

President Harry Truman ended segregation in the military.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

• slavery

• segregation

• fighting

• slaves

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

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

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harry Truman

• Branch Rickey

• Sharon Robinson

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Salaries were lower for baseball players in the Negro Leagues.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Basketball was the first team sport targeted for changing segregation.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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

• Truman

• Sportswriters

• Lincoln

• Rickey

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Segregation means ______________ .

• joined by race

• unfair

• rules in baseball

• separated by race

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Jackie Robinson's family was affected by segregation.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2