Baseball Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Gentlemans clubs - CORRECT ANSWER - Led by alexander Cartwright
new york knickerbockers
1845- one of the first teams
Ag Spalding - CORRECT ANSWER - .Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American
pitcher, manager and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of
A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois. He played
major league baseball between 1871 and 1878.
world tour
La Soule - CORRECT ANSWER - Baseballs dopelganger founded in norway
Alexander Cartwright - CORRECT ANSWER - Inventor of baseball; organized the
Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in 1845.
Jim Creighton - CORRECT ANSWER - James Creighton, Jr. was an American baseball
player during the game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be its first superstar. In
1860 and 1862 he played for one of the most dominant teams of the era, the Excelsior of
Brooklyn.
Alexis de Tocqueville: - CORRECT ANSWER - A French political thinker and historian
who wrote Democracy in America after his travels to America. wrote on equality and
individualism
Abner Doubleday - CORRECT ANSWER - career United States Army officer and Union
2-star general in the American Civil War.
what - later turned out to be demented and died in an asylum
cooperstown, NY is where the myth is said to have been started
,He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal
role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Elysian Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is
believed to be the site of the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken a strong claim to be
the birthplace of baseball. Opened in 1845
Laissez-faire - CORRECT ANSWER - Idea that government should play as small a role as
possible in economic affairs. 1861
Reserve clause - CORRECT ANSWER - Committed players to teams and reserved the
rights for them to stay with the team until their contract was over. 1879-1875 blackballed them
Cornelius Vanderbilt - CORRECT ANSWER - an American business magnate and
philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
monopolized new york harbor 1860s
Rockefeller - CORRECT ANSWER - American oil industry business magnate,
industrialist, and philanthropist.
He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern
history
owned all oil
Brotherhood war - CORRECT ANSWER - The Brotherhood began in 1885 as a
benevolent association concerned with helping players in trouble and improving relations
between management and players. When club owners tried, in 1888, to impose a stiff set of
salary limits upon the players, the Brotherhood provided a base for player resistance.
National association of baseball players - CORRECT ANSWER - The National
Association of Base Ball Players(NABBP) was the first organization governing American
baseball. The first convention of sixteen New York City area clubs in 1857 practically terminated
the Knickerbocker era, when that club privately deliberated on the rules of the game. spectators
began paying
, National Association of Pro Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER - 1871- Led by harry
wright
10 teams with a 10 dollar entry fees organization schedules organization, ownership?
Brotherhood of Professional BaseBall Players - CORRECT ANSWER - the Brotherhood
of Professional Baseball Players represented the first serious effort to organize a labor union
consisting of baseball players. It was launched in 1885 through the efforts of star player John
Montgomery Ward, who was also a lawyer, with the aim of raising player salaries in recognition
of the growing popularity of professional baseball and the growth in revenues generated by the
game. It also aimed to combat the reserve clause which restricted player movement and helped to
keep salaries down. The organization gained official recognition when National League owners
first met with the Brotherhood's representatives on November 17, 1887. However, relations
between the two soon became difficult as owners were unwilling to make significant
concessions.
Business Monopoly - CORRECT ANSWER - When a company has total control over an
industry
Mergers - CORRECT ANSWER - The joining together of two or more or organizations to
form one larger one.
Jane Austen - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pullman Strike - CORRECT ANSWER - violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began
outside of Chicago and spread nationwide
needed army
Golden Spike - CORRECT ANSWER - given annually to the best amateur baseball player
in the United States. The award, created by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League
Baseball Players Association, was first presented in 1978.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Gentlemans clubs - CORRECT ANSWER - Led by alexander Cartwright
new york knickerbockers
1845- one of the first teams
Ag Spalding - CORRECT ANSWER - .Albert Goodwill Spalding was an American
pitcher, manager and executive in the early years of professional baseball, and the co-founder of
A.G. Spalding sporting goods company. He was born and raised in Byron, Illinois. He played
major league baseball between 1871 and 1878.
world tour
La Soule - CORRECT ANSWER - Baseballs dopelganger founded in norway
Alexander Cartwright - CORRECT ANSWER - Inventor of baseball; organized the
Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York in 1845.
Jim Creighton - CORRECT ANSWER - James Creighton, Jr. was an American baseball
player during the game's amateur era, and is considered by historians to be its first superstar. In
1860 and 1862 he played for one of the most dominant teams of the era, the Excelsior of
Brooklyn.
Alexis de Tocqueville: - CORRECT ANSWER - A French political thinker and historian
who wrote Democracy in America after his travels to America. wrote on equality and
individualism
Abner Doubleday - CORRECT ANSWER - career United States Army officer and Union
2-star general in the American Civil War.
what - later turned out to be demented and died in an asylum
cooperstown, NY is where the myth is said to have been started
,He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal
role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Elysian Fields - CORRECT ANSWER - Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey is
believed to be the site of the first organized baseball game, giving Hoboken a strong claim to be
the birthplace of baseball. Opened in 1845
Laissez-faire - CORRECT ANSWER - Idea that government should play as small a role as
possible in economic affairs. 1861
Reserve clause - CORRECT ANSWER - Committed players to teams and reserved the
rights for them to stay with the team until their contract was over. 1879-1875 blackballed them
Cornelius Vanderbilt - CORRECT ANSWER - an American business magnate and
philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.
monopolized new york harbor 1860s
Rockefeller - CORRECT ANSWER - American oil industry business magnate,
industrialist, and philanthropist.
He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern
history
owned all oil
Brotherhood war - CORRECT ANSWER - The Brotherhood began in 1885 as a
benevolent association concerned with helping players in trouble and improving relations
between management and players. When club owners tried, in 1888, to impose a stiff set of
salary limits upon the players, the Brotherhood provided a base for player resistance.
National association of baseball players - CORRECT ANSWER - The National
Association of Base Ball Players(NABBP) was the first organization governing American
baseball. The first convention of sixteen New York City area clubs in 1857 practically terminated
the Knickerbocker era, when that club privately deliberated on the rules of the game. spectators
began paying
, National Association of Pro Baseball Players - CORRECT ANSWER - 1871- Led by harry
wright
10 teams with a 10 dollar entry fees organization schedules organization, ownership?
Brotherhood of Professional BaseBall Players - CORRECT ANSWER - the Brotherhood
of Professional Baseball Players represented the first serious effort to organize a labor union
consisting of baseball players. It was launched in 1885 through the efforts of star player John
Montgomery Ward, who was also a lawyer, with the aim of raising player salaries in recognition
of the growing popularity of professional baseball and the growth in revenues generated by the
game. It also aimed to combat the reserve clause which restricted player movement and helped to
keep salaries down. The organization gained official recognition when National League owners
first met with the Brotherhood's representatives on November 17, 1887. However, relations
between the two soon became difficult as owners were unwilling to make significant
concessions.
Business Monopoly - CORRECT ANSWER - When a company has total control over an
industry
Mergers - CORRECT ANSWER - The joining together of two or more or organizations to
form one larger one.
Jane Austen - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pullman Strike - CORRECT ANSWER - violent 1894 railway workers' strike which began
outside of Chicago and spread nationwide
needed army
Golden Spike - CORRECT ANSWER - given annually to the best amateur baseball player
in the United States. The award, created by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League
Baseball Players Association, was first presented in 1978.
