WorksheetsHidden Figures Ch. 4 Double V
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 8mins
Between 1940 and 1942, civilian and military populations exploded in the Hampton Roads area. What was the reason for this?
World War I
World War II
Vietnam War
Civil War
What unusual step did the War Department take in order to entice more woman to apply for war jobs? (page 28)
Between 1940 and 1942, the Hampton Roads region of VA saw an explosion of military personnel from 15,000 to more than
75,000
50,000
150,000
200,000
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)
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
Copeland Park
Norfolk Village
Newsome Park
none of the above
What couple did Dorothy rent a room from when she started working for Langley
Frederick and Annie Lucy
Joshua and Joylette Coleman
Katherine and Henry Goble
Jimmy and Patrica Gordon
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
What were the 4 freedoms that President Roosevelt outlined in his State of the Union Address in 1941? page 31
What two legislative acts caused blacks to have optimism that this war would afford them opportunities that previous wars had not? page 32
Why was the Negro conflicted about fighting in a war to protect other peoples rights?
What was promised to Blacks by President Woodrow Wilson during WWI
40 acres and a mule
improved economic status
better jobs
full citizenship rights
Who was Charles Hamilton Houston
Dorothy Vaughn's immediate supervisor
The top lawyer at the NAACP
The top adviser to President Roosevelt
The CEO of NACA
There was a rule in 1915 that required a photo with every job application
True
False
W.E.B Dubois wrote about what concept as it related to Negroes and their identities in his book the Souls of Black Folks
Talented Tenth
Double Consciousness
Manifest Destiny
Double Vicotry
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
Blacks need to be given better jobs in the Defense Industry
There needs to be better graduate school options for Blacks
Question the wisdom of fighting a war abroad to protect other peoples rights, when the rights of blacks were being violated at home
All of the above
What was meant by the term "America's Tenth Man"
The one in ten Americans who were apart of the Country's largest minority
The 10 percent of Americans who could not be accepted into graduate school
The richest 10 percent of Americans
The 10 percent of workers at NACA who were "computers"
The title of this chapter is Double V. What is meant by that term? page 35-36
