Sports History

Final exam

Fall 2004

 

All exams are due on December 15th at 6 p.m.   No late exams will be accepted.  Exams can be typed or handwritten but all sources must be credited and students are only to use sources that have been used for the class—texts, handouts, guest lectures, films.  If you work with other students be sure to indicate that in your exam.

 

Identifications/short answers (5 points each)

Each student will answer five identifications from those listed below.  Be sure to answer them completely by thinking about the questions who, what, when, where, why and significance.

 

Brown Conference 1898                      Ira N. Hollis                 John Henry Lloyd

Ted “Doubleduty” Radcliffe                  Tim Sullivan                  Mann Act

Redskin                                                Wyoming Plan  Gertrude Ederle

Ballyhoo                                               Jim Thorpe                   Yamato Colony

Pete Rozelle                                         Eugene “Cyclone” Hart Rube Foster

 

 

Essays (25 points each)

Each student will answer three essay questions from those listed below.  Be sure to answer completely, giving specific examples, defining terms etc.  Be sure to also credit sources as necessary with page numbers and titles in the text itself.  Failure to give credit will result in a failing grade on that essay.

 

  1. Explain the rise of the Negro Leagues-why were the leagues necessary? Why not until the 1920s and what unique approaches did teams take to survive?
  2. Explain the reasons given for the lack of integration of major sports (not just baseball) and how these sports have tried to respond to these concerns.
  3. The 1920s have been called the Age of Play—why?  Do you think this is an accurate title or not?  Explain your reasons for your answer.
  4. Explain the importance of Roone Arledge in transforming sports coverage through television.  How did this new medium change the sports, their relationships to their fans and communities?
  5. Explain the rise of sport as a big business during the Industrial Revolution and the consequences this had on sports.
  6. Explain the purpose behind Title IX and how it is supposed to be used.  Then discuss how it has been used in relation to sports and the consequences.
  7. Explain/discuss the major issues you see in sports today.  Pick two of them and discuss why they have not been solved –be sure to look at the historical context.
  8. Explain how sports have been used by mainstream America to control, assimilate, and acculturate various groups historically.  Is this still happening?  Be sure to give specific examples.
  9. Design an American Sports history class—what topics you would discuss and which would you leave out and why?  Would you follow a chronological or thematic format or some thing else entirely?