History of Black Baseball

Who was Satchel Paige?

• the first black baseball player in the Major Leagues

• a pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team

• a talented baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues in California

• a major civil rights activist in the 1940s

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What does the author describe throughout most of the text?

• the reasons why Jackie Robinson was signed to the Major Leagues, rather than Satchel Paige

• the way Satchel Paige felt about not being the first black baseball player in the Major Leagues

• the significance of the integration of Major League baseball to the civil rights movement

• the personal relationship between Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson

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What was the title of the passage?

• How Satchel Paige became the first black major league baseball player

• Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow

• Satchel Paige Strikeout King: Jim Crow Laws

• The Strikeout King and the Jim Crow Laws

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What was a main reason why Satchel Paige felt that he should have been the first black baseball player in the Major League, instead of Jackie Robinson?

• He was older than Jackie Robinson, and therefore could better handle being the first black Major League baseball player.

• He was a better baseball player than Jackie Robinson, and had proven himself against the best white players.

• He cared about civil rights issues and racial tolerance much more than Jackie Robinson did.

• He was already prepared to be the first black Major League player because the Cleveland Indians had tried to sign him.

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Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player signed from the Negro Leagues to the Major Leagues, _____ it was Satchel Paige who brought the spotlight to the Negro Leagues.

• even though

• because

• before

• for instance

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