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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?
2. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?
3. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
4. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?
5. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?
2. What did some supervisors at Langley do to encourage talented female computers to remain on the job?
3. How did designating women as "subprofessionals" help the laboratory?
4. Why did Joshua Coleman rent a house for his wife and children that was 125 miles away from their home?
5. What does Shetterly want for the women she writes about in Hidden Figures?
6. Why did Miriam Mann object to the "colored computers" sign in the cafeteria?
7. What observation did black leaders make concerning the events occurring in Europe during World War II?
8. How did Shetterly's childhood affect the way she thought of blacks working in science, math, and engineering?
9. How did Dorothy Vaughan become Head of West Computing?
10. Why did millions of American women lose their jobs after V-J Day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Shetterly dedicates an entire chapter to Mary Jackson’s son entering a soap box derby. Write an essay explaining the purpose of this chapter. How does the chapter relate to the themes of the book? What information about the individuals focused on does Shetterly communicate through this chapter? What information does the chapter communicate about racial relations during the time period?
Essay Topic 2
Langley indicates that segregation was not only detrimental to black Americans, but also to white Americans. Write an essay describing the negative impacts of segregation on America as a whole. How did segregation impact the education system? How did it impact transportation? How did it impact world affairs?
Essay Topic 3
Women working at Langley were subjected to gender stereotypes that influenced the way that the men they worked with treated them. Write an essay discussing the gender stereotypes that were in play at the time and how those stereotypes affected the women who worked at Langley. How did their male coworkers feel about the work the women did? How did the stereotypes affect women’s possibilities for advancing in their careers?
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