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What is physics?
What was NACA's Mission?
Hidden Figures YRE Chapters 1-11
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What was NACA's Mission?
To help the U.S. develop the most powerful and efficient cars.
To help the U.S. develop the most powerful and efficient tanks.
To help the U.S. develop the most powerful and efficient planes.
To help the U.S. develop the most powerful and efficient trains.
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What is physics?
The study of elements and compounds.
The science of matter, energy, and motion.
The study of the inorganic world.
A branch of science that deals with living organisms and their processes.
3
What enraged Mary Jackson while she worked at Langley?
There were blacks only tables in the cafeteria.
She couldn't make any friends while working at Langley.
There was a blacks only line in the cafeteria.
There were no bathrooms for blacks within the East Compound of Langley.
4
Who encouraged President Roosevelt to desegregate the Federal Government?
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
Katherine Johnson
A. Philip Randolph
5
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
A group of black military Jeep drivers.
A group of black military submarine drivers.
A group of black military pilots.
A group of black military tank drivers.
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Why were wind tunnels built?
To simulate different conditions a plane could encounter when flying.
To simulate different conditions a tank could encounter when driving.
To simulate different conditions a car could encounter when driving.
To simulate different conditions a boat could encounter when floating.
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The Double V stands for Victory over ourselves and victory over the government.
True
False
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What is theoretical engineering?
The building of scale models and testing them in wind tunnels.
Coming up with new ideas on paper and testing through science and math.
An engineer named Theo.
Engineering that specializes under water.
9
Where were blacks allowed to sit on a bus?
Blacks were not allowed to rid on busses.
Only in the middle section of the bus where they could stand.
Only in the front 2 seats.
In the very back of the bus.
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At Langley, who did Mary Jackson first work for?
President Roosevelt
Neil Armstrong
Dorothy Vaughan
Chuck Yeager
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Where is Langley Located?
Charleston, SC
Baltimore, MD
King of Prussia, PA
Hampton, VA
12
What happened to the jobs many women and African American women held after the war?
Their jobs were transferred over seas.
The jobs they held were given back to the soldiers returning from the war.
Nothing, they kept on working.
New jobs were created for them.
13
Dorothy Vaughan was the first African American woman to be what at Langley?
A janitor.
A manager.
A pilot.
A painter.
14
Why were the women at Langley called "computers"?
Their brains worked as fast as the computers we have today.
They performed computations to turn raw data into more useful information.
The used computers everyday to help with their jobs.
They built computers for the engineers to use.
15
What was Mary Jackson's reputation at Langley?
She was someone who didn't follow directions.
She was a smart and dedicated mathematician.
She was considerd the G.O.A.T.
She was someone who only did enough to get by.
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Mary Jackson loved to volunteer with what organization?
NASA
The Girl Scouts of America.
The NAACP
NACA
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What does NACA stand for?
National Advisory Committe for Aeronautics
National Advancement Colony for Activists
Nice Acts of Coolness Association
New Awareness for Colored Americans
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When was World War II over?
May 14, 1965
August 14, 1945
July 14, 1975
June 14, 1955
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How did the community's response to war help women get jobs?
Women had a hard time finding jobs during the war.
The community created brand new positions for women during the war.
Women helped fill the positions left vacant by the men leaving for war.
The war was 24/7 so business kept pace. Longer hours meant more work.
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What did Miriam Mann do as a "small act of defiance"?
She sat in the front of a bus.
She entered the whites only line to get food in the cafeteria.
She kept stealing the "colored computers" sign in the cafeteria.
She used a whites only bathroom.
21
What did Malcolm MacLean urge administrators to do?
To segregate after school sports programs.
To keep schools segregated.
To keeps busses and airplanes segregated.
Desegregate classrooms and hire black professors at white colleges.
22
African American computers worked in the East Complex of Langley.
False
True
23
What did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the Morgan vs Virginia hearing?
Segregation on planes was illegal.
Segregation on trains traveling from state to state was illegal.
Segregation on interstate busses was illegal.
Segregation is schools was illegal.
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Who was Chuck Yeager?
The first pilot to engage in an ariel battle against the Japanese.
The first pilot to engage in an ariel battle against the Germans.
The first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound.
The pilot who dropped the atomic bomb on Hirishimo and Nagasaki.
25
How much was Dorothy's rent and food per week?
$10.00
$20.00
$5.00
$15.00
26
During the Cold War, for America to continue its supremacy in the air it required Langley to develop what?
Tactical Military Land Vehicles.
Tactical Military Aircraft Carriers.
Tactical Military Rockets.
Tactical Military aircraft.
