IN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions & Answers With Highest Ratings
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What main 5 things happened during the "Golden Age of Sport?" - Correct Answer 1. Sport became an everyday part of American culture.
2. Sports attracted the media and fans.
3. The automobile, radio, and TV brought sport to America.
4. There was increased sport participation.
5. Athletes becam...
IN 2501 Jacobsen Final Exam Questions &
Answers With Highest Ratings
What main 5 things happened during the "Golden Age of Sport?" - Correct Answer 1.
Sport became an everyday part of American culture.
2. Sports attracted the media and fans.
3. The automobile, radio, and TV brought sport to America.
4. There was increased sport participation.
5. Athletes became American icons.
When was the Golden Age of Sports? - Correct Answer Early 1900s
In the 1820s, America began to shift from a farming nation to an urban industrial nation.
What did this do to the nation? - Correct Answer It caused a technological revolution
that radically changed they way people lived.
What were sports journalists referred to as? - Correct Answer Media Darlings
Who is now participating in sports in the Golden Age? - Correct Answer Youth
Interscholastic
College
Adult Rec
How did people relate religion and sport? - Correct Answer Good Health = A Good
Christian
The body is a temple that demands attention and pledge to keep it in shape, strong, and
physically fit.
What is a fan? - Correct Answer A person who follows sports teams and iconic figures
What is an icon? - Correct Answer An image, representation, or symbol. A
representation of something sacred or held in high regard.
Who is considered among the 3 most important athletes in US history? - Correct
Answer Babe Ruth
What sport did Babe Ruth play? - Correct Answer Baseball
What teams did Ruth play for? - Correct Answer He started out at the Baltimore
Orioles, but then played for the Boston Red Sox for a good while. However, we was
traded the New York Yankees towards the end of his career.
What was the Black Sox Scandal? - Correct Answer The Chicago White Sox and the
Cincinnati Reds played in the 1919 World Series. It was revealed that the White Sox
,players had taken a lot of money to intentionally lose the game. It is said to be the
biggest baseball scandal of all time.
What does the Black Sox Scandal have to do with Babe Ruth? - Correct Answer
Baseball needed a hero after this scandal because it tarnished the "honesty" of the
sport.
Who was elected Baseball's First Commissioner and why? - Correct Answer
Kennesaw Mountain Landis was elected Baseball's First Commissioner in order to get
things in line with the sport of baseball after the Black Sox Scandal.
What did he first do as Commissioner? - Correct Answer He banned eight White Sox
players involved in the scandal in one of his first acts as Commissioner.
What was Landis' other job? - Correct Answer He was a judge ($7,500) and the
Commissioner ($50,00), so he had a lot of money, and with money comes power.
What was one of Landis' flaws? - Correct Answer He was a racist that would never
support African Americans coming back to play in major league baseball
What 3 things did Babe Ruth do to change the game of baseball? - Correct Answer 1.
Strategy
2. Excitement
3. Fan base
What was Babe's strategy? - Correct Answer Before Babe came along, baseball was a
game in which players were taught to hit the ball on the ground, and run fast just to get
to first. Babe had perfected his swing to hit the ball IN THE AIR, and over the fence so
no outfielder could catch it. There were never really home runs before Babe Ruth.
How did he excite everyone? - Correct Answer Before Babe, baseball was a low
scoring game. Because of his home runs, we was racking up the score tremendously
causing greater attention to him.
Why did Babe Ruth have a large fan base? - Correct Answer Not only was he an
excellent baseball player, he was completely charming as well. He revolutionized the
game of baseball by changing the style of play.
Ruth was America's first and largest what? - Correct Answer Media Darling. He
became the face of baseball and a symbol of America.
What was the name of another player considered as the greatest baseball player of all
time? - Correct Answer Joe DiMaggio
, What team did he play for? (DiMaggio) - Correct Answer He played for a minor league
team called The Seals, but was soon picked up by the New York Yankees where he
spent his whole career.
Around what time did DiMaggio play? - Correct Answer The US was entering into
WWII. Players were being drafted, and moral was low in baseball. DiMaggio used the
sport of baseball to bump moral up and keep the public's mind off of the war.
What record did DiMaggio set? - Correct Answer He set the record for the most
consecutive games with a hit. (56)
-56 game hitting streak
What was one of his nicknames? Who was he marries too? Did he sign autographs and
was he the opposite of Babe Ruth? - Correct Answer The Yankee Clipper
- married to Marilyn Monroe
-didn't sign autographs
-yes, complete opposite of Babe Ruth. Joe was the 1st humble athlete.
Were blacks and whites allowed to play with each other during this time? - Correct
Answer No, African Americans were banned from sports, so they had to form heir own
leagues
What was the name of the African American League? - Correct Answer Negro League
Baseball
Who helped organize the National Association of Colored Baseball Clubs? - Correct
Answer Andrew "Rube" Foster in 1920
What were Rube's hopes? - Correct Answer He built teams and modeled his league
after the white major league teams. He hoped that when baseball was integrated, it
would make things easier. He was a visionary, and his games were well-attended and
popular.
How did the white major league teams feel about this? - Correct Answer They did not
want there to be an integration of baseball because Landis was so racist.
After Landis died, what happened? - Correct Answer We began to see an integration
of baseball
Who was the first player to integrate baseball? - Correct Answer Jackie Robinson
What becomes a main attraction during this time? (during Jackie Robinson time) -
Correct Answer All-Star Game
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