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Sport in American Culture Exam #13 Groups of People who shaped American sports - ANSWER-Native Americans,
Africans, & White Europeans
Activities Native Americans liked to play - ANSWER-Archery, Fishing, Hunting & Ball
Games
Aztec game created by Native Americans - ANSWER-"Tlachti" - Original basketball
game
Buck Leonard - ANSWER-Member of Negro League baseball. Known as the "Black
Babe Ruth". One of the best baseball players ever.
Game created by Native Americans (Lroquious) - ANSWER-Lacrosse
Helen Wills - ANSWER-Famous female tennis player from the 1920's, held top position
in women's tennis for a total of 9 years.
Jackie Robinson - ANSWER-First black guy to play MLB. Broke the color-line for the
MLB.
John Winthrop - ANSWER-First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was a
leader among the Puritan colonists, and was a prominent figure among the Puritan
founders of New England.
King James Book of Sports - ANSWER-Declaration of James I of England, Lists the
sports and recreations that were permitted on Sundays and other Holy days.
Paul Robeson - ANSWER-One of the first Black football players, enrolled at Rutgers,
advocated for anti-imperialism, affiliated with communism and was blacklisted during
the McCarty era.
Pennsylvania Quakers - ANSWER-Believed in "Inner Light", trusted inward spiritual
experience, colonial men and women offered equality in Quaker religion
Peter Jackson - ANSWER-Black Australian bare-knuckle boxer, first to be black
heavyweight, and was inducted into the hall of fame for boxing.
Protestant Reformation - ANSWER-Sabbath laws and prohibiting play
Sabbatarianism - ANSWER-Movement that generally embraces a literal reading of
Sabbath commandment that provides for both worship and rest on the seventh day of
the week.
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