KIN 2501 Jacobsen Exam 3 All
Questions Answered Correct Rated A+
2025\2026 Update.
progressive reformers - Answer ________ wanted change to improve the lives of the growing
urban population and devised a 3-tier procedure designed to assimilate the working class.
immigrants - Answer Who contributed to the growing urban population in America?
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - Answer Progressives consisted of ________ who led the way
as social reformers.
progressives - Answer ________ campaigned against the manufacture and consumption of
alcohol, organized workers in labor unions, and often employed sport in a variety of programs to
educate and assimilate immigrants and address the perceived social ills.
prohibition - Answer campaign against the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol
1st - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: humanitarian
concerns-child labor laws (met with resistance from parents)
2nd - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: passes mandatory
education laws because unemployed children roamed the streets (joining gangs, crime)
3rd - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: physical education in
the schools; supervised games and sport taught deference to authority
golden age of sport - Answer During the ________, people were trying to find time outside of
factories and work for leisure because it was considered important and sport was becoming a
way of life for people.
American icons - Answer During the golden age of sport, athletes became ________.
baseball - Answer What sport had the first iconic figure that people worshiped?
, Babe Ruth - Answer invented the home run; powerhouse who built a new reputation for the
sport of baseball; considered best player; biggest sport's name in history of U.S.; changed
baseball to high scoring game
live ball - Answer What era was Babe Ruth a part of?
upwards - Answer Babe Ruth invented a new swing where he would swing ________.
Boston Red Sox, Yankees - Answer Babe Ruth was the star of the ________ until he joined the
________ in 1919.
baseball - Answer What's the national pastime, "America's Game?"
Black Sox scandal - Answer 1919 World Series; Chicago White Sox "fixed" series; tarnished
baseball's image; 8 Black Sox players accused of taking money and throwing the game
commissioner - Answer someone who is over everything that happens in a particular sport
Landis - Answer Who was the first baseball commissioner?
banned scandals for life - Answer What was the first thing that Landis did when he became the
baseball commissioner?
60 - Answer How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in 1927?
McGuire, Sosa - Answer Who had a battle of home runs after baseball had a strike?
excitement, fan base, strategy - Answer How did Babe Ruth bring back the popularity of
baseball? (3 things)
media darling - Answer Babe Ruth was America's first and largest "________," becoming the
face of his sport, and a symbol of America.
Questions Answered Correct Rated A+
2025\2026 Update.
progressive reformers - Answer ________ wanted change to improve the lives of the growing
urban population and devised a 3-tier procedure designed to assimilate the working class.
immigrants - Answer Who contributed to the growing urban population in America?
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - Answer Progressives consisted of ________ who led the way
as social reformers.
progressives - Answer ________ campaigned against the manufacture and consumption of
alcohol, organized workers in labor unions, and often employed sport in a variety of programs to
educate and assimilate immigrants and address the perceived social ills.
prohibition - Answer campaign against the manufacturing and consumption of alcohol
1st - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: humanitarian
concerns-child labor laws (met with resistance from parents)
2nd - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: passes mandatory
education laws because unemployed children roamed the streets (joining gangs, crime)
3rd - Answer ________ step of 3 tier procedure by progressive reformers: physical education in
the schools; supervised games and sport taught deference to authority
golden age of sport - Answer During the ________, people were trying to find time outside of
factories and work for leisure because it was considered important and sport was becoming a
way of life for people.
American icons - Answer During the golden age of sport, athletes became ________.
baseball - Answer What sport had the first iconic figure that people worshiped?
, Babe Ruth - Answer invented the home run; powerhouse who built a new reputation for the
sport of baseball; considered best player; biggest sport's name in history of U.S.; changed
baseball to high scoring game
live ball - Answer What era was Babe Ruth a part of?
upwards - Answer Babe Ruth invented a new swing where he would swing ________.
Boston Red Sox, Yankees - Answer Babe Ruth was the star of the ________ until he joined the
________ in 1919.
baseball - Answer What's the national pastime, "America's Game?"
Black Sox scandal - Answer 1919 World Series; Chicago White Sox "fixed" series; tarnished
baseball's image; 8 Black Sox players accused of taking money and throwing the game
commissioner - Answer someone who is over everything that happens in a particular sport
Landis - Answer Who was the first baseball commissioner?
banned scandals for life - Answer What was the first thing that Landis did when he became the
baseball commissioner?
60 - Answer How many home runs did Babe Ruth hit in 1927?
McGuire, Sosa - Answer Who had a battle of home runs after baseball had a strike?
excitement, fan base, strategy - Answer How did Babe Ruth bring back the popularity of
baseball? (3 things)
media darling - Answer Babe Ruth was America's first and largest "________," becoming the
face of his sport, and a symbol of America.
