Deck 13: The Evolution of Physical Education: 1940 and Beyond

Question 1

Which of the following is false? During World War II

A) Germany, Italy, and Japan comprised the Axis Alliance.
B) The United States refused to send military and economic aid to Great Britain and her allies because America did not want anything to do with World War II.
C) The Selective Service was instituted to administer a military draft.
D) On December 7. 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
E) Over 15 million men and women served in the American Military.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is true? During WW II

A) Combat sports were introduced to girls and women's physical education classes and became very popular.
B) Calisthenics and "head to head" athletic competition was discouraged in favor of team sports like basketball, baseball, and tennis.
C) Women were trained as pilots and flew new airplanes from the factory to military bases worldwide.
D) Football was the most popular sport in America; President Roosevelt asked famous professional football players like Joe DiMaggio to lead by example and enlist in the Army.
E) All of the above are true.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which is true?

A) Philip K. Wrigley organized the All-American Girls Baseball League to keep Wrigley field open during WW II.
B) The All-American Girls Baseball League fielded teams all across the United States and became very popular.
C) World War II ended in 1945 only to be followed by the Cold War.
D) A and B only
E) All of the above

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which is false?

A) During WW II a significant number of draftees failed their physical exam
B) Because of the Cold War and the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union, physical fitness became a
Matter of national security.
C) Physical education was a mandatory subject in the vast majority of America's schools, colleges, and universities after the end of WW II.
D) In order to save money, high school physical education classes became co-ed immediately after
WW II.
E) None of the above.

Question 5

According to Arthur H. Steinhaus, co-ed physical education

A) Represented a bad decision to modernize the PE curriculum in post WW II America.
B) Was a great decision
C) Would benefit every male in America
D) Would actually make men stronger
E) Should have been required a long time ago.

Question 6

Which of the following is true?
A )The physical education and hygiene major at the University of California @ Berkeley was accused of lacking academic rigor and credibility.
B) The physical education and hygiene faculty at Berkeley were told to reform their degree or the major would be eliminated.
C) James
D) All of the above are true
E) A and B only.

Question 7

According to Franklin Henry, which of the following are true?

A) Physical Education must become an academic discipline
B) The traditional teacher education program in PE must be subordinate to the academic discipline of
PE
C) Faculty in the teacher education program agreed with Franklin Henry
D) A and B only
E) All of the above

Question 8

Which is true?

A) Many long standing physical education departments in colleges and universities have evolved from basic teacher training programs to research intensive exercise science departments.
B) Over time, the traditional teacher education programs that Franklin Henry believed inferior to the
Academic discipline have transformed themselves into credible pedagogy programs utilizing the behavioral sciences
C) The majority of high school and college physical education/exercise science programs are co-ed.
D) All of the above
E) A and B only

Question 9

Tom Brokaw noted that the generation that fought WW II was "The Greatest Generation" which was the title of his best-selling book.

Question 10

During WW II, men and women physical education teachers volunteered or were drafted into the American military where they supervised physical fitness and sports programs.

Question 11

In 1942, President Roosevelt kept baseball "front and center" by playing in a softball league that had their games on the White House lawn.

Question 12

President Dwight D. Eisenhower did not believe that physical fitness was all that important to the security of the nation after WW II.

Question 13

After WW II, high school physical education programs for women focused on serious sports competition and encouraged women to lift heavy weights so they could contribute to the next war effort.

Question 14

Coaches became much more specialized after WW II.

Question 15

The demands on coaches to produce winning teams after WW II helped to separate physical education departments from athletic departments on many campuses.