Hidden Figures Chapters 1-6 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

All the buildings at Langley were painted dark ______.

green (to camouflage them against possible attacks from wartime enemies)

Dorothy's salary at Langley was __________ per year.

$2,000 (which is approximately $33,423 today)

Howard Vaughan was employed as a ___________.

bellman

Females were hired in great numbers because ________

there were many job openings. Men had gone to war and these positions needed to be filled.

"V" stands for ________.

victory

Irene Morgan was arrested in 1944 because she refused _________________.

to move to the back of the Greyhound bus. 1946, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal.

Dorothy's department was West, East, South, or North Computers?

West Computers

Why did the local community disapprove of Malcolm MacLean, the president of the Hampton Institute, a Black college?

He was a White man who wanted integration. He entertained everyone at his home and caused a scandal by dancing with a student from Hampton Institute.

What did Miriam Mann do to show defiance in the cafeteria?

She repeatedly took the sign that instructed where Black people were supposed to sit.

Who is the author of Hidden Figures?

Margot Lee Shetterly

Dorothy was THIS KIND of teacher

mathematics/math

If Dorothy did not get the job at Langley, what was her other option?

working in a laundry

What are two of the Four Freedoms that President Roosevelt outlined in his 1941 State of the Union Address?

Freedom from Want, Freedom of Speech, Freedom from Fear, Freedom of Worship

What does it mean when someone is "sympathetic"?

The person is showing feeling for someone else's emotions.

What is a synonym for "segregation"?

separation (I will take other answers.)

The state where the Langley Laboratory is located

Virginia