What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

New Airplane Science Administration.

Newport Aeronautical and Science Administration.

What was the purpose of the document titled "Introduction to Outer Space" that was prepared by President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on Science?

The document explained spaceflight in layman's terms to make the case that a space program was in America's best interests.

The document was used as a teaching tool for new engineers.

The document was used in high schools to teach space science.

The document was used as a recruiting tool for NASA.

How did the engineers in Flight Research and PARD learn about space flight?

They started a self-education lecture series.

They attended courses at Hampton Institute.

They used information the CIA had stolen from Russia.

They brought in lead scientists from around the world.

Why was Katherine Goble Johnson unable to go to the editorial meetings?

Because they did not pertain to her work.

Because she was not an engineer.

How did Katherine Goble Johnson gain access to the editorial meetings?

She kept asking to attend until her male coworkers gave in.

She just walked into a meeting one day.

She went to the head of her department and made her case to be allowed to attend.

She went to her supervisor and complained.

What did school boards in the community around Langley do to keep black students from attending white schools after schools were integrated?

They paid "school fees" to the families.

They offered scholarships to black students who graduated from black schools.

They placed black students in lower level classes than white students.

They did not allow black students to participate in extracurricular activities.

What part of the Mercury Project did Katherine Goble Johnson request to work on?

The trajectory of the orbital flight.

The formula for the rocket fuel.

The landing sequence of the spacecraft.

How did Mary Jackson see her son's opportunity to build a soap box derby car?

As an apprenticeship in engineering.

As a way to show that he could do anything white children could do.

As a way of boosting his self-esteem.

Why was it a challenge for black boys to enter into the All-American Soap Box Derby?

It was hard for black families to hear about the contest in the first place.

They had to have an engineer sponsor them.

They had to get special permission from their science teachers.

Some area would not let black boys enter the contest.

What was special about Mary Jackson's son winning the soap box derby?

He was the first black boy to win the peninsula's competition.

Mary was the first mother to help her son in the derby.

He was awarded a scholarship to attend college.

It was the last soap box derby ever held.

Who were the Greensboro Four?

Students who sat at a segregated lunch counter.

Engineers who designed the Mercury capsule.

Four women in West Computing who were all from Greensboro.

Black leaders who helped integrate schools.

What rumor about the astronauts spread around the Hampton Institute campus?

That the astronauts were contributing to the students' organizing for social change.

That the astronauts were going to join the lunch counter sit ins.

That there would be a black man on the first space flight.

What did Langley's Analysis and Computation Division do?

Integrated black and white female computers into one group.

Separated the black women computers from their engineering groups.

Caused the human computers at Langley to lose their jobs.

Introduced male computers to Langley.

How did Dorothy Vaughan reinvent her career after the Analysis and Computation Division was created?

She became a computer programmer.

She became the head of the division.

She went back to teaching school.

What did Executive Order 10925, signed by President Kennedy, call for?

Abolition of the Jim Crow laws.

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Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?

Americans believed Russia was using the satellite to monitor their communications.

Americans were humiliated that Russia had beat them to space.

Americans were only weeks away from launching a manned spacecraft.

Americans believed Russia had stolen plans for its satellite from America.

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How did President Eisenhower want America's first spaceflight to be perceived?

As an act of military strength.

As a show of America's superior technology.

As a peaceful mission.

As a secretive mission.

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Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?

The Formal Methods Research Group.

The Flight Research Division.

The Materials Research Division.

PARD.

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In what year was East Computing disbanded?

1947.

1953.

1961.

1943.

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Why did Langley employees hold meetings and social gatherings in their own Activities Building in the 1950s?

Because it was the nicest building in the area.

So they could avoid trying to find a public building that would allow a racially mixed group.

Because they did not want people outside the laboratory to hear what they talked about.

Because it was the only building in the area large enough to accommodate them.

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What was the name of Senator Byrd's movement against integration?

School Safety.

White Power.

Massive Resistance.

Rightful Resistance.

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What percentage of the world's population did NACA's chief legal counsel say was "colored" in a memo written in 1956?

55%.

75%

80%

46%

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Hidden Figures Chapters 16-20 Quiz

Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?

How did President Eisenhower want America's first spaceflight to be perceived?

Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?

In what year was East Computing disbanded?

Why did Langley employees hold meetings and social gatherings in their own Activities Building in the 1950s?

What was the name of Senator Byrd's movement against integration?

What percentage of the world's population did NACA's chief legal counsel say was "colored" in a memo written in 1956?

What does NASA stand for?

What was the purpose of the document titled "Introduction to Outer Space" that was prepared by President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on Science?

In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

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