Hidden Figures Chapters 1-2

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were all skilled in___________________ .

• science

• math

• social studies

What does NACA stand for?

• National Adult Cooking Association

• National Astronaut Committee Association

• National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Who was the first of the group to promote to a manager position at NACA?

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

Who was the first one of the four women to move up the ranks and become and engineer at the NACA?

• Katherine Johnson

• Mary Jackson

This member of the famous four was an essential member on the team that put the first American in orbit around Earth.

• Christine Darden

• Katherine Johnson

This woman was one of the world's leading experts on supersonic flight.

• Christine Darden

• Mary Jackson

World War____ was an opportunity to make a better life for many African Americans. Black men were able enlist in the military in large numbers and the women were finding more work because so many men were out fighting in the war.

• I

• II

• V

What president believed in the importance of air power?

• George Bush

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Barack Obama

What were the female mathematicians called at Langley?

• robots

• computers

• calculators

Did the African American mathematicians work in the same space as everyone else at Langley?

• no

• yes