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Hidden Figures Ch. 4 Double V

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Between 1940 and 1942, civilian and military populations exploded in the Hampton Roads area. What was the reason for this?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Civil War

2.

What unusual step did the War Department take in order to entice more woman to apply for war jobs? (page 28)

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3.

Between 1940 and 1942, the Hampton Roads region of VA saw an explosion of military personnel from 15,000 to more than

a)

75,000

b)

50,000

c)

150,000

d)

200,000

4.

What was the name of the animated short produced by Walt Disney that extolled the virtues of airplanes as weapons in the war? page 29

(a)  

5.

To deal with the population explosion, a federally funded housing development was built in Newport News Virginia. What was the name of the neighborhood designated for Negroes

a)

Copeland Park

b)

Norfolk Village

c)

Newsome Park

d)

none of the above

6.

What couple did Dorothy rent a room from when she started working for Langley

a)

Frederick and Annie Lucy

b)

Joshua and Joylette Coleman

c)

Katherine and Henry Goble

d)

Jimmy and Patrica Gordon

7.

Why did the segregationist Jim Crow Laws in Virginia have the opposite effect for Negroes and whites as it related to the city buses in New Port News VA? page 30

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8.

What were the 4 freedoms that President Roosevelt outlined in his State of the Union Address in 1941? page 31

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9.

What two legislative acts caused blacks to have optimism that this war would afford them opportunities that previous wars had not? page 32

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10.

Why was the Negro conflicted about fighting in a war to protect other peoples rights?

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11.

What was promised to Blacks by President Woodrow Wilson during WWI

a)

40 acres and a mule

b)

improved economic status

c)

better jobs

d)

full citizenship rights

12.

Who was Charles Hamilton Houston

a)

Dorothy Vaughn's immediate supervisor

b)

The top lawyer at the NAACP

c)

The top adviser to President Roosevelt

d)

The CEO of NACA

13.

There was a rule in 1915 that required a photo with every job application

a)

True

b)

False

14.

W.E.B Dubois wrote about what concept as it related to Negroes and their identities in his book the Souls of Black Folks

a)

Talented Tenth

b)

Double Consciousness

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Double Vicotry

15.

James Thompson was a 26 year old cafeteria worker who wrote a letter to the Pittsburgh Courier. What was the main point of his letter

a)

Blacks need to be given better jobs in the Defense Industry

b)

There needs to be better graduate school options for Blacks

c)

Question the wisdom of fighting a war abroad to protect other peoples rights, when the rights of blacks were being violated at home

d)

All of the above

16.

What was meant by the term "America's Tenth Man"

a)

The one in ten Americans who were apart of the Country's largest minority

b)

The 10 percent of Americans who could not be accepted into graduate school

c)

The richest 10 percent of Americans

d)

The 10 percent of workers at NACA who were "computers"

17.

The title of this chapter is Double V. What is meant by that term? page 35-36

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