KIN 2501 LATEST 2026 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔How was Joe Dimaggio different from Babe Ruth in terms of his presence in the
media/personality? (3) - ✔✔-He wouldn't sign autographs
-Didn't like people bothering him
-Was introverted
There were a lot of things that made him iconic but he wasn't the media darling Babe
was.
✔✔Who was Joe Dimaggio rumored to be dating? - ✔✔Marilyn Monroe
✔✔Which league of baseball spawns the best known black athletes of the time? -
✔✔Negro League Baseball
✔✔In 1920, ___________ "______" __________ helps organize the National
Association of Colored Baseball Clubs - ✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster
✔✔In the Negro League which game becomes a main attraction?
Negro "All Star" Teams play exhibitions against __________ - ✔✔The All-Star Game
MLB (Major League Baseball)
✔✔Name 4 notable teams of the Negro League: - ✔✔1. Pittsburgh Crawfords
2. Homestead Grays
3. Birmingham Barons
4. Indianapolis Clowns
✔✔Name 3 notable players of the Negro League: - ✔✔1. Josh Gibson
2. Cool Papa Bell
3. Leroy "Satchell" Paige
✔✔Negro League baseball was huge; black athletes formed their own league. They
also formed other associations (2): - ✔✔1. Negro Boxing Association
2. Tennis African Association
...and other significant associations where they could compete
✔✔During this time, whites were competing against _________ and African Americans
were competing against _____________ - ✔✔whites; African Americans
,✔✔In 1920, who was instrumental in African American sport, not just baseball? -
✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster
✔✔________ ___________ was a boxer who had to go into exile or else he had to go
to prison because at the time, he was accused of a crime because he was black.
He had teamed up with _________ and stayed in Canada for a year, then he went to
Europe, and then he came back to the US and served his time in prison. - ✔✔Jack
Johnson
Rube
✔✔The Negro League games were very well attended, as their fame grew they began
to play where and when? - ✔✔As their fame grew they began to play in major league
parks whenever the whites weren't playing
✔✔About how many people attended the Negro League All-Stay Game?
Which teams participated in this? (4) - ✔✔About 40,000
-Pittsburgh Crawfords
-Homestead Grays
-Birmingham Barons
-Indianapolis Clowns
✔✔_________ ___________ was a catcher, he was compared to Babe Ruth in Negro
baseball. He was the one to hit with with power hit homeruns. - ✔✔Josh Gibson
✔✔What was Cool Papa Bell known for doing in baseball? - ✔✔He was known for
stealing bases
✔✔_________ ___________ __________ was a leader, showmen, and a good pitcher.
He was very flamboyant; did a lot of shenanigans and he was humorous. People liked
following him, not only because of his talent, but because of his personality. - ✔✔Leroy
"Satchell" Paige
✔✔How did Leroy get his nickname "Satchell"? - ✔✔when he was young (6-7), barely
able to carry people's bags, he would ask people if he could carry their bags for a nickle
or so and they would call him satchel and it just stuck
✔✔"Satchell" was a good pitcher, and he pitched for ____ different decades from 1920s
to 1960s. - ✔✔5
,✔✔"Satchell" made a debut at which age?
He made the All-Star team in 1946, at what age?
__________ city brought him back for an appearance in a game and draw attention
from MLB - ✔✔42
47
Kansas
✔✔In the 1930s, a cry for __________ began, in which they wanted to bring the best
together, or bring the Negro League and Major League together. - ✔✔integration
✔✔How did Rube run the Negro League and why? - ✔✔He ran it just like MLB because
he believed that one day teams would integrate together, not just players but teams
✔✔Rube was instrumental in doing what, but eventually what happened? - ✔✔In
pushing for games agaisnt MLB clubs, but eventually both teams won, so one team
would say they won and the other would say they won
✔✔People began to pose questions about having African American in the Major League
and there was also opposition from __________ who kept pushing away the idea for
integration.
However, it wasn't forever, so when he dies in ______ it becomes possible. - ✔✔The
commissioner (Kennesaw Landis)
1947
✔✔Characteristics of female sports in the early 1900s: (4) - ✔✔1. Few opportunities
2. Basketball, softball, tennis
3. Beliefs about "negative health implications" of vigorous PA for women
4. Female PE leaders discourage interscholastic and competitive sports for girls
✔✔"Baby steps" in the growth of female sports: - ✔✔1. Intramural and minimal
intercollegiate competition at all-girl colleges
2. Women swim in Olympics (1912)
3. 1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic)
4. Girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season tournaments)
, ✔✔1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic), and girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season
tournaments).
These kept women's sports from moving on, why? - ✔✔Because it was perpetuated by
the medical field due to the belief that women were no physically capable of doing sport,
not because they wanted to stop women, they truly believed this
✔✔Leading women really discouraged women in sports, why? - ✔✔Because of the
philosophical view that sport was operating under.
They were against recruiting, emphasis on winning, physical contact, and the idealist
view of it that not everyone could participate
✔✔Eventually females advocate for female athletics. We see it grow in intermural sports
in all- girl colleges, so they had minimal what?
Women did get to compete in ___________ in the 1912 Olympics, but it was
controversial - ✔✔They had minimal intercollegiate competition
Swimming
✔✔In the 1920s, we see growth in __________ sport and growth of ________
programs even though they didn't have many post-seasons and championships, it
keeps growing and eventually they go on to tournaments.
Why weren't they able to grow rapidly? - ✔✔amateur; youth
Sports usually grow as a result of post-seasons and championships, which is why they
weren't growing rapidly
✔✔_____ ___________ was the most significant female athlete of the first half of the
20th century - ✔✔Babe Didrikson
✔✔Babe Didrikson grows up as a _____________ in east Texas.
She's great at every sport, including: (4) - ✔✔tomboy
-basketball
-softball
-tennis
-track & field
SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔How was Joe Dimaggio different from Babe Ruth in terms of his presence in the
media/personality? (3) - ✔✔-He wouldn't sign autographs
-Didn't like people bothering him
-Was introverted
There were a lot of things that made him iconic but he wasn't the media darling Babe
was.
✔✔Who was Joe Dimaggio rumored to be dating? - ✔✔Marilyn Monroe
✔✔Which league of baseball spawns the best known black athletes of the time? -
✔✔Negro League Baseball
✔✔In 1920, ___________ "______" __________ helps organize the National
Association of Colored Baseball Clubs - ✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster
✔✔In the Negro League which game becomes a main attraction?
Negro "All Star" Teams play exhibitions against __________ - ✔✔The All-Star Game
MLB (Major League Baseball)
✔✔Name 4 notable teams of the Negro League: - ✔✔1. Pittsburgh Crawfords
2. Homestead Grays
3. Birmingham Barons
4. Indianapolis Clowns
✔✔Name 3 notable players of the Negro League: - ✔✔1. Josh Gibson
2. Cool Papa Bell
3. Leroy "Satchell" Paige
✔✔Negro League baseball was huge; black athletes formed their own league. They
also formed other associations (2): - ✔✔1. Negro Boxing Association
2. Tennis African Association
...and other significant associations where they could compete
✔✔During this time, whites were competing against _________ and African Americans
were competing against _____________ - ✔✔whites; African Americans
,✔✔In 1920, who was instrumental in African American sport, not just baseball? -
✔✔Andrew "Rube" Foster
✔✔________ ___________ was a boxer who had to go into exile or else he had to go
to prison because at the time, he was accused of a crime because he was black.
He had teamed up with _________ and stayed in Canada for a year, then he went to
Europe, and then he came back to the US and served his time in prison. - ✔✔Jack
Johnson
Rube
✔✔The Negro League games were very well attended, as their fame grew they began
to play where and when? - ✔✔As their fame grew they began to play in major league
parks whenever the whites weren't playing
✔✔About how many people attended the Negro League All-Stay Game?
Which teams participated in this? (4) - ✔✔About 40,000
-Pittsburgh Crawfords
-Homestead Grays
-Birmingham Barons
-Indianapolis Clowns
✔✔_________ ___________ was a catcher, he was compared to Babe Ruth in Negro
baseball. He was the one to hit with with power hit homeruns. - ✔✔Josh Gibson
✔✔What was Cool Papa Bell known for doing in baseball? - ✔✔He was known for
stealing bases
✔✔_________ ___________ __________ was a leader, showmen, and a good pitcher.
He was very flamboyant; did a lot of shenanigans and he was humorous. People liked
following him, not only because of his talent, but because of his personality. - ✔✔Leroy
"Satchell" Paige
✔✔How did Leroy get his nickname "Satchell"? - ✔✔when he was young (6-7), barely
able to carry people's bags, he would ask people if he could carry their bags for a nickle
or so and they would call him satchel and it just stuck
✔✔"Satchell" was a good pitcher, and he pitched for ____ different decades from 1920s
to 1960s. - ✔✔5
,✔✔"Satchell" made a debut at which age?
He made the All-Star team in 1946, at what age?
__________ city brought him back for an appearance in a game and draw attention
from MLB - ✔✔42
47
Kansas
✔✔In the 1930s, a cry for __________ began, in which they wanted to bring the best
together, or bring the Negro League and Major League together. - ✔✔integration
✔✔How did Rube run the Negro League and why? - ✔✔He ran it just like MLB because
he believed that one day teams would integrate together, not just players but teams
✔✔Rube was instrumental in doing what, but eventually what happened? - ✔✔In
pushing for games agaisnt MLB clubs, but eventually both teams won, so one team
would say they won and the other would say they won
✔✔People began to pose questions about having African American in the Major League
and there was also opposition from __________ who kept pushing away the idea for
integration.
However, it wasn't forever, so when he dies in ______ it becomes possible. - ✔✔The
commissioner (Kennesaw Landis)
1947
✔✔Characteristics of female sports in the early 1900s: (4) - ✔✔1. Few opportunities
2. Basketball, softball, tennis
3. Beliefs about "negative health implications" of vigorous PA for women
4. Female PE leaders discourage interscholastic and competitive sports for girls
✔✔"Baby steps" in the growth of female sports: - ✔✔1. Intramural and minimal
intercollegiate competition at all-girl colleges
2. Women swim in Olympics (1912)
3. 1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic)
4. Girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season tournaments)
, ✔✔1920s growth in amateur sports results in increased programs for girls and women
(non-scholastic), and girls' high school basketball grows significantly (post-season
tournaments).
These kept women's sports from moving on, why? - ✔✔Because it was perpetuated by
the medical field due to the belief that women were no physically capable of doing sport,
not because they wanted to stop women, they truly believed this
✔✔Leading women really discouraged women in sports, why? - ✔✔Because of the
philosophical view that sport was operating under.
They were against recruiting, emphasis on winning, physical contact, and the idealist
view of it that not everyone could participate
✔✔Eventually females advocate for female athletics. We see it grow in intermural sports
in all- girl colleges, so they had minimal what?
Women did get to compete in ___________ in the 1912 Olympics, but it was
controversial - ✔✔They had minimal intercollegiate competition
Swimming
✔✔In the 1920s, we see growth in __________ sport and growth of ________
programs even though they didn't have many post-seasons and championships, it
keeps growing and eventually they go on to tournaments.
Why weren't they able to grow rapidly? - ✔✔amateur; youth
Sports usually grow as a result of post-seasons and championships, which is why they
weren't growing rapidly
✔✔_____ ___________ was the most significant female athlete of the first half of the
20th century - ✔✔Babe Didrikson
✔✔Babe Didrikson grows up as a _____________ in east Texas.
She's great at every sport, including: (4) - ✔✔tomboy
-basketball
-softball
-tennis
-track & field
