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Historyof
Sports
Final
Exam
Which
of
the
following
has
been
given
credit
as
an
aid
to
women's
liberation
at
the
turn
of
the
20th
century
?
-
ANS-Bicycle
Who
does
Zirin
credit
for
establishing
the
first
uniform
set
of
rules
for
the
game
of
baseball
?
-
ANS-Alexander
Cartwright
In
what
year
did
William
Hulbert
form
the
National
League
of
Professional
Baseball
Clubs
?
-
ANS-1876
Isaac
Murphy
was
highly
successful
in
what
sport
?
-
ANS-Horse
Racing
In
1878,
American
Christian
Review
diagrammed
a
12-step
process
that
would
lead
to
downfall
for
any
woman
who
engaged
in
_________.
-
ANS-Croquet
After
baseball
attendance
took
a
major
hit
following
the
1994
strike,
owners
were
convinced
that
_________
would
get
fans
back
to
the
ballpark.
-
ANS-More
Home
Runs
The
Dietary
Supplements
Health
and
Education
Act
(DSHEA)
shifted
the
burden
of
proof
away
from
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
to
the
health
supplement
industry
-
ANS-False
Prior
to
the
1999
World
Cup
victory,
the
U.S.
Women's
Soccer
Team
went
on
strike
leading
up
to
the
1996
Summer
Olympics
-
ANS-True
The
Women's
National
Basketball
Association
was
founded
after
the
USWNT
1999
World
Cup
victory
helped
raise
the
platform
for
women
in
sports
-
ANS-False
Despite
his
global
popularity
and
lucrative
business
enterprise,
Michael
Jordan
never
engaged
in
political
activism
-
ANS-True
Upon
enlisting
in
the
Army,
Pat
Tillman
agreed
to
appear
in
recruitment
videos
to
promote
the
story
of
"NFL
play
Pat
Tillman
in
the
Army
Rangers."
-
ANS-False
Following
Hurricane
Katrina,
repairs
and
renovations
of
the
Superdome
cost
the
city
of
New
Orleans
________________________.
-
ANS-$185
Million The
"Jena
6"
were
6
black
high
school
students
accused
of
attempted
murder
and
conspiracy
to
commit
murder
after
assaulting
a
white
student
in
_________.
-
ANS-2006
C.
Vivian
Stringer
is
the
only
coach
in
NCAA
history
to
have
led
three
different
schools
to
the
Final
Four
-
ANS-True
This
radio
personality
helped
raise
the
public
consciousness
about
discrimination
in
sport
when
he
called
the
Rutgers
women's
basketball
team
"nappy-headed
hoes."
-
ANS-Don
Imus
In
1903,
Teddy
Roosevelt
encouraged
the
launching
of
what
program
?
-
ANS-Public
Schools
Athletic
League
Who
was
the
first
African
American
to
attend
Rutgers
University
?
-
ANS-Paul
Robeson
Boxer
______________
defeated
the
"great
white
hope"
Jim
Jeffries
in
1910.
-
ANS-Jack
Johnson
W.E.B.
Du
Bois
was
an
advocate
for
African
American's
participation
in
sport
and
urged
for
greater
engagement
in
the
nation's
expanding
sporting
life
-
ANS-True
The
outcome
to
what
sport
event
prompted
"the
most
widespread
racial
uprising
that
the
United
States
had
ever
seen"
at
the
time
?
-
ANS-A
Boxing
Match
Who
is
known
as
the
"father
of
black
baseball?"
-
ANS-Rube
Foster
In
1913,
AAU
president
James
Sullivan
declared
that
the
AAU
must
sanction
women's
athletics
-
ANS-False
Who
was
the
most
famous
female
athlete
of
the
first
half
of
the
twentieth
century,
winning
3
medals
in
track
in
field
in
the
1932
Olympics
?
-
ANS-Babe
Didrikson
This
well-known
sportswriter
nicknamed
Notre
Dame's
football
backfield
the
"Four
Horsemen."
-
ANS-Grantland
Rice
Eight
bombing
around
the
country
in
1920
prompted
____________,
which
resulted
in
the
jailing
of
thousands
of
members
of
the
U.S.
Communist
Party
-
ANS-The
Palmer
Raids
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