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•Why Jackie Robinson is the most influential personality is US history
•Early Life•Military Career•Negro Leagues•Minor Leagues•Breaking the Barrier•Major Leagues•Post Baseball Career•Quotes•Key Terms•Multiple Choice
Why Jackie Robinson is the most influential personality is US history
Affected most categories of social studies
Overcame tragedy First black baseball player Fought for his rights http://www.history.com/videos/jackie-robi
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Early Life Born to sharecroppers Moved to California Grew up in poverty and joined a gang Exclusion from activities Influenced into sports in high school Tennis was favorite sport at time Brother died
Accepted into UCLA Received varsity letters for 4 sports Baseball was worst sport World War II started
Early Life
Military Career Drafted into army in 1942 Put in segregated tank battalion Back of bus incident Charged with multiple offenses Missed war because of court time Discharged
Negro Leagues Accepted contract for Kansas City
Monarchs Paid $400 a month Selected to 1945 Negro League all-star
game Went to Red Sox tryout Branch Rickey signed him for
$700 a month for minor leagues
Minor Leagues Struggled with racial discrimination Wasn’t allowed to stay with the team Made his debut for Montreal Royals Called to major leagues six days before
start of 1947 season
Breaking the Barrier April 15, 1947 Racial tension still existed Pee Wee Reese- "You can hate a man
for many reasons. Color is not one of them.“
Major Leagues Broke almost 60 years of
segregation in baseball MVP in 1949 Won rookie of the year trophy Won 1955 World Series Number retired throughout MLB
Quotes “There's not an American in this country free
until every one of us is free.” “I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking
me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
“Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.”
Multiple Choice
1. A key moment that changed Jackie Robinson’s life when he was in the military was…
A. Getting shot in battle
B. Leading his tank battalion to victory
C. Getting picked on in an all-white battalion
D. The back of the bus incident
E. None of the above
Multiple Choice
What team finally decided to give Jackie Robinson a chance to play in the MLB?
A. New York Yankees
B. Los Angeles Angels
C. Brooklyn Dodgers
D. Kansas City Royals
E. New York Mets
Multiple Choice
Which of the following amazing achievements did Jackie Robinson complete?
A. MVP of NL
B. Rookie of the year
C. Hall of Fame
D. Number retired throughout baseball
E. All of the above
Multiple Choice
Jackie Robinson contributed all of the catogories of social studies SIGNIFICANTLY besides…
A. Technological
B. Cultural
C. Social
D. Political
E. None of the above
Multiple Choice
Jackie Robinson is the most influential personality in the history of the US because
A. Affected most categories of social studies
B. Overcame tragedy
C. First black baseball player
D. Fought for his rights
E. All of the above
Post-Baseball Career
Diagnosed with diabetes Elected into hall of fame Got into politics Avid anti-drug supporter Died October 27, 1972
Key Terms
Color Barrier- A theoretical barrier that stopped African Americans from joining MLB
Pee Wee Reese- Teammate of Jackie who supported him always
Negro Leagues- Where Jackie’s friend first got him into pro baseball
761 Black Panther Battalion- All black military battalion Jackie was placed in