Hidden Figures Ch 7-9

What were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• a group of black marines who fought during World War II

• a group of black marines who fought during the Vietnam War

• a group of black military pilots who fought during World War II

• a group of black military pilots who fought during the Vietnam War

What were Langley employees told to be on the look out for?

• spies

• children

• weapons

• computers

What is aerodynamics?

• the study of objects moving through the water

• the study of people moving through the air

• the study of objects moving through the air

• the study of marine life

What did researchers develop that allowed model planes to be tested without the danger of flying a real plane?

• paper airplanes

• computer programs

• virtual reality

• wind tunnels

By 1945, ____ out of ten people in southeastern Virginia worked for the government.

• five

• six

• seven

• eight

Why did 2 million women lose their jobs?

• The women demanded higher wages.

• The president did not like that women were working in the US.

• The women were not doing a good job and were losing the war for the US.

• World War II ended and the men who were fighting overseas returned home.

The end of the war destroyed the economy of the Hampton Roads area.

• True

• False

Why were the names of the women who worked on projects not published?

• The women feared for their safety and did not want their names published.

• The engineers assumed it didn't matter because they didn't think women might have the same ambitions as men.

• The women did not do as much work on the projects as the men.

• The law did not allow women to receive any sort of recognition or praise.

Who was the first African-American woman assigned a management role at Langley?

• Michelle Obama

• Mary Jackson

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Christine Darden