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Early to Young Adult Life
Integration
Minor League
Major League
Vocabulary
100
1919
What is the year Jackie Robinson was born.
100
1947
What is the year Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers?
100
Kansas City Monarchs
What is the Minor League team Jackie Robinson played for?
100
savage insults from players and fans
What was Robinson told he would have to face if he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers?
100
to make fun of
What does taunt mean?
200
The Noble Experiment
What is the name of Jackie Robinson's autobiography?
200
Branch Rickey
What's the name of the coach who wanted to integrate Major League Baseball and recruited Jackie Robinson?
200
Spring of 1945
What is the year Jackie signed with Kansas City Monarchs
200
"I'm looking for a ballplayer with guts enough not to fight back."
What did Branch Rickey tell Robinson when he was talking to him about playing for a major League Baseball team?
200
disappointment; loss of hope
What does disillusionment mean?
300
Charley Taylor
Who tried to scratch his skin off his hands because it wasn't white?
300
1943
What is the year Branch Rickey became boss of the Brooklyn Dodgers?
300
Satchel Paige and Hilton Smith
What were the two standout pitchers on the Monarchs roster?
300
The person who decided to bring blacks into the major leagues.
Who is Branch Rickey?
300
to get revenge; to get even
What does retaliate mean?
400
Uncle Tom
What is an offensive term for an African-American person seen as trying too hard to please white people; originally from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
400
Clyde Sukeforth
What is the name of the Dodger talent scout who first approached Robinson?
400
He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Why did Robinson leave the Kansas City Monarchs?
400
1949
What year did Robinson win National League Most Valuable Player?
400
disguise or portray falsely in order to conceal
What does camouflage mean?
500
Rachel Isum
What is Jackie's wife's name?
500
Jim Crow section
What is the name of the section of the stadium where black people had to sit?
500
Negro leagues
What were baseball leagues for African-American players called?
500
$600-a-month salary with a $3,500 bonus
What was Robinson's salary when he signed on as a Montreal Royal?
500
open to people of all races and groups
What does integrated mean?