from Hidden Figures History Writing by Margot Lee Shetterly

The purpose of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) during World War II was to --

• train mathematicians

• provide jobs for women

• mass produce airplanes to be used in war

• help the airline industry develop good airplanes

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Female mathematicians had worked at Langley since--

• it began its operations in 1917

• 1935, a few years before the start of World War II

• the beginning of World War II

• just after World War II

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Which idea is most important in the selection?

• The U.S. needed good aircraft in World War II.

• The first female mathematicians at Langley were white.

• President Franklin Roosevelt believed in air power.

• African American women were successful mathematicians at Langley.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2