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Hidden Figures Ch 22

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the US Department of Labor brochure issued that stated 'America is for everybody'?

a)

1963

b)

1973

c)

1983

d)

1953

2.

Who were described in the brochure as having made social and economic progress since the end of slavery?

a)

African-Americans

b)

Immigrants

c)

Women

d)

Young adults

3.

Which civil rights leader planned the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

A. Philip Randolph

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Frederick Douglass

4.

What was the defining moment of the March on Washington?

a)

The signing of a bill

b)

A concert

c)

A sit-in

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech

5.

Who was acknowledged for 20 years of service to the federal government at Langley?

a)

Catherine Johnson

b)

Christine Darden

c)

Dorothy Vaughan

d)

Mary Jackson

6.

How many African-American employees were categorized as engineers at Langley in the early 1960s?

a)

15

b)

20

c)

5

d)

10

7.

What was the main reason given for the lack of African-American applicants for science and engineering positions at Langley?

a)

Lack of qualifications

b)

Unfavorable living conditions

c)

Transportation issues

d)

Lack of interest

8.

Who completed their master's degree program at Virginia State University?

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Dorothy Vaughan

c)

Christine Darden

d)

Catherine Johnson

9.

What tragic event shook NASA to its core in January 1967?

a)

The Challenger explosion

b)

The Mars Rover failure

c)

The Apollo 1 fire

d)

The Columbia disaster

10.

What was the risk standard set by the space task group for the space missions?

a)

85%

b)

99.9%

c)

95%

d)

90%