Baseball 1
Why was the women's professional baseball league created?
a. They wanted to make the movie "A League of Their Own"
b. There were many men that were fighting in World War II and it was a way to entertain people and get the war off of their minds.
c. The men didn’t want to play since they were at war
d. It wasn’t
b. There were many men that were fighting in World War II and it was a way to entertain people and get the war off of their minds.
What is the name of one of the largest races in the U.S.?
a. Kentucky Derby
b. Indy 500
c. Daytona 500
d. The Triple Crown
A Kentucky Derby
What did the War Production board do that affected sports in the World War II era?
a. They banned automobile racing in order to save materials like rubber and gas for World War II
b. They banned automobile racing in order to save materials like steel and gas for World War II
c. It didn’t do anything
d. It encouraged baseball to continue
a. They banned automobile racing in order to save materials like rubber and gas for World War II
True or False, an executive order is an implied power
a. True
b. False
B False
What was the letter that Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis entitled?
a. The letter was entitled the Play Ball letter
b. The letter was entitled the Green Light letter.
c. The letter was entitled the Correspondence regarding the suspension of baseball to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 1942
d. The letter was entitled the Baseball letter
b. The letter was entitled the Green Light letter.
How long was automobile racing banned?
a. It was banned for 4 years from 1942-1945
b. It was banned for 3 years from 1942-1945
c. It was banned for 2 years from 1942-1944
d. It wasn’t banned
b. It was banned for 3 years from 1942-1945
What did executive order 9024 do?
a. It established the War Production Board
b. It told baseball to continue
c. It banned automobile racing
d. It established the Committee of War
A It established the War Production Board
True or False, the Military Draft is an executive power?
a. True
b. False
B False
Why did FDR want commissioner Landis to continue baseball in the World War II era?
a. FDR missed watching baseball
b. There was a protest outside his office to continue baseball
c. FDR believed that watching baseball would help Americans’ want to join the fight if they put up banners to tell people to join the fight
d. FDR believed that it would take Americans' minds off of the war for a while and put them in a better mental state.
d. FDR believed that it would take Americans' minds off of the war for a while and put them in a better mental state.
Why was Automobile Racing banned?
a. America needed Gas and Rubber for World War II.
b. America needed Gas and Steel for World War II
c. America needed cars for World War II
d. America needed Steel and Rubber
a. America needed Gas and Rubber for World War II.
What did executive order 9040 do?
a. It defined additional functions and duties of the Committee of War
b. It defined additional functions and duties of the War Production Board
c. It banned automobile racing
d. I don’t know
B It defined additional functions and duties of the War Production Board
Franklin D. Roosevelt made these Executive Orders, is an Executive Order a Expressed or Implied power?
a. Expressed
b. Implied
A Expressed
How did people in the military continue to play baseball?
a. They didn’t
b. In camps, they would set up baseball games like the way we play backyard football
c. In camps, they had some organized baseball leagues that would play during down time.
d. Why would they play baseball when they are fighting in a WORLD WAR!
c. In camps, they had some organized baseball leagues that would play during down time.
Why was the War Production Board able to ban automobile racing?
a. They gained the rights in executive orders 9025 and 9040
b. They gained the rights in executive orders 9024 and 9040
c. They gained the rights in executive orders 9025 and 9030
d. They gained the rights in executive orders 9024 and 9030
b. They gained the rights in executive orders 9024 and 9040
On what day did Executive Order 9040-DEFINING ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE WAR PRODUCTION BOARD go into effect?
a. January 23,1942
b. January 24, 1942
c. February 23, 1942
d. February 24, 1942
b. January 24, 1942
True or False, can the president veto the act of declaring a draft?
a. True
b. False
A True