Week 1: Quiz – Golf, Race, & Integration
Answer each question in your own words. This quiz is not about memorizing dates — it is about demonstrating that you understood the ideas. Some questions have a clearly correct answer. Others are asking for your analysis.
1) What was the PGA of America's Caucasian-only clause? *
2) Charlie Sifford won the UGA National Championship six times before breaking onto the PGA Tour. What was the UGA? *
3) In what year did Lee Elder become the first Black golfer to compete in the Masters Tournament? *
4) What made it finally impossible for Augusta National to exclude Lee Elder from the Masters? *
6) Charlie Sifford has said that he was not fighting for himself alone — he was fighting to open a door for every Black golfer who came after him. What evidence from his story supports this claim? Do you find it convincing? (Short Answer 3-5 sentences)
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7) Golf presented itself as a game of honor and integrity while simultaneously maintaining written racial exclusion in its governing constitution. How do you explain this contradiction? What does it tell us about institutions and the values they claim to hold? (Extended Response 1 paragraph, 6-8 sentences)
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