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What important legislation did Thomas Jefferson write? -
correct answer ✅the Northwest Ordinance in 1787
Why are we talking about the Northwest Ordinance in this class? -
correct answer ✅The Northwest Ordinance is an important piece
of legislation regarding athletics history because, as Jefferson
wrote, it established that "schools and the means of education shall
forever be encouraged". Overall, the ordinance created public
education for "everyone" (really just WASPs at this point) and
eventually led to the development of college towns such as Ann
Arbor.
Where is Article 3 of the Northwest Ordinance written on campus
today? -
correct answer ✅Angell Hall
Describe the key aspects of the Industrial Revolution -
correct answer ✅- More people around cities (off farms)
- Higher standard of living - Shorter work days
- Transportation
- Printing/transporting news
- "Life" vs. toil/survival
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- People need stuff to do
- More free time to focus on sports
- Led to massive urbanization and heightened printing and
technology.
Why/how did the Industrial Revolution impact athletics -
correct answer ✅There were more people moving away from rural
areas to live in and around cities, which made it easier for sports to
form because of higher concentrations of people. Also, there was a
higher standard of living, shorter work days, and a shift to actually
living versus surviving, which increased the amount of free time
people had. People needed leisure activities to do with their free
time.
Describe the shift in Religious mindset in the 1800s and how it
impacted college athletics? -
correct answer ✅Changed its' depiction of Jesus from "soft" to
carpenter and it promoted people to be active. Also the start of the
Muscular Christianity movement
The first intercollegiate sporting event occurred in 1852, what do
we know about it? -
correct answer ✅Harvard-Yale Regatta, Harvard won
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Who played in the first intercollegiate football game in 1869? -
correct answer ✅Rutgers & Princeton. November 6, 1869:
Birthdate of college football Rutgers College vs. The College of New
Jersey (Princeton) College Field (now College Avenue Gym) in New
Brunswick, NJ Each team fielded 25 players per side. Looked more
like a combination of soccer and rugby. Set in motion what would
evolve into modern American football Rutgers won the game 6-4.
Rutgers wore scarlet handkerchiefs (Scarlet Knights) on their heads
to distinguish themselves from the Princeton players.
Four teams (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia) met in 1876 and
agreed on common rules, but also to determine this at the end of
the season? Why was this so important? -
correct answer ✅They determined that there was going to be a
championship between the 4 of them at the end of their seasons.
This was so important because it was the birth of competitive
college football and playing to be determine who's the best which
has dictated what the sport has evolved into today
McGill, a Canadian University, actually deserves some credit for the
formation of modern football (a 2023 Super Bowl commercial with
Dave Grohl mentions this), why? -
correct answer ✅McGill deserves the credit for the formation of
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modern football because they played Harvard in a rugby
match.McGill played rugby instead of the ""soccer-type"" game
played in the U.S. at the time. After McGill played Harvard in 1874,
Harvard quickly adopted the rugby-style version of the game and
spread it to American colleges, starting with the Harvard-Yale
Match in 1875. A lot of football's rules came from McGill's game vs
Harvard. In the 2023 Super Bowl commercial Dave Grohl says that
Canada invented football.
Yale's Walter Camp is widely considered the Father of American
Football - name three (3) rules innovations he made to the game of
football (approx. 1878-1884) -
correct answer ✅The three rules that Walter Camp created were
eliminating the scrummage (which turned into the line of
scrimmage, creation of downs instead of procession, and he added
number value to plays. Originally, goals from the field counted for 5
points, goals after touchdowns for 4 and a touchdown counted as
2.
Revsine writes that in 1888 there were about 60 college football
teams, but that number shortly doubled. The coaches of these new
teams often had similar roots - where were these new coaches
from? -
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What important legislation did Thomas Jefferson write? -
correct answer ✅the Northwest Ordinance in 1787
Why are we talking about the Northwest Ordinance in this class? -
correct answer ✅The Northwest Ordinance is an important piece
of legislation regarding athletics history because, as Jefferson
wrote, it established that "schools and the means of education shall
forever be encouraged". Overall, the ordinance created public
education for "everyone" (really just WASPs at this point) and
eventually led to the development of college towns such as Ann
Arbor.
Where is Article 3 of the Northwest Ordinance written on campus
today? -
correct answer ✅Angell Hall
Describe the key aspects of the Industrial Revolution -
correct answer ✅- More people around cities (off farms)
- Higher standard of living - Shorter work days
- Transportation
- Printing/transporting news
- "Life" vs. toil/survival
,EDUC212 Exam #1 Questions And Answers
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- People need stuff to do
- More free time to focus on sports
- Led to massive urbanization and heightened printing and
technology.
Why/how did the Industrial Revolution impact athletics -
correct answer ✅There were more people moving away from rural
areas to live in and around cities, which made it easier for sports to
form because of higher concentrations of people. Also, there was a
higher standard of living, shorter work days, and a shift to actually
living versus surviving, which increased the amount of free time
people had. People needed leisure activities to do with their free
time.
Describe the shift in Religious mindset in the 1800s and how it
impacted college athletics? -
correct answer ✅Changed its' depiction of Jesus from "soft" to
carpenter and it promoted people to be active. Also the start of the
Muscular Christianity movement
The first intercollegiate sporting event occurred in 1852, what do
we know about it? -
correct answer ✅Harvard-Yale Regatta, Harvard won
,EDUC212 Exam #1 Questions And Answers
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Who played in the first intercollegiate football game in 1869? -
correct answer ✅Rutgers & Princeton. November 6, 1869:
Birthdate of college football Rutgers College vs. The College of New
Jersey (Princeton) College Field (now College Avenue Gym) in New
Brunswick, NJ Each team fielded 25 players per side. Looked more
like a combination of soccer and rugby. Set in motion what would
evolve into modern American football Rutgers won the game 6-4.
Rutgers wore scarlet handkerchiefs (Scarlet Knights) on their heads
to distinguish themselves from the Princeton players.
Four teams (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia) met in 1876 and
agreed on common rules, but also to determine this at the end of
the season? Why was this so important? -
correct answer ✅They determined that there was going to be a
championship between the 4 of them at the end of their seasons.
This was so important because it was the birth of competitive
college football and playing to be determine who's the best which
has dictated what the sport has evolved into today
McGill, a Canadian University, actually deserves some credit for the
formation of modern football (a 2023 Super Bowl commercial with
Dave Grohl mentions this), why? -
correct answer ✅McGill deserves the credit for the formation of
, EDUC212 Exam #1 Questions And Answers
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modern football because they played Harvard in a rugby
match.McGill played rugby instead of the ""soccer-type"" game
played in the U.S. at the time. After McGill played Harvard in 1874,
Harvard quickly adopted the rugby-style version of the game and
spread it to American colleges, starting with the Harvard-Yale
Match in 1875. A lot of football's rules came from McGill's game vs
Harvard. In the 2023 Super Bowl commercial Dave Grohl says that
Canada invented football.
Yale's Walter Camp is widely considered the Father of American
Football - name three (3) rules innovations he made to the game of
football (approx. 1878-1884) -
correct answer ✅The three rules that Walter Camp created were
eliminating the scrummage (which turned into the line of
scrimmage, creation of downs instead of procession, and he added
number value to plays. Originally, goals from the field counted for 5
points, goals after touchdowns for 4 and a touchdown counted as
2.
Revsine writes that in 1888 there were about 60 college football
teams, but that number shortly doubled. The coaches of these new
teams often had similar roots - where were these new coaches
from? -
