Hidden Figures Chapters 1-6 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Who is the author of Hidden Figures?

Margot Lee Shetterly

Females were hired in great numbers because ________

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

The state where the Langley Laboratory is located

Virginia

Howard Vaughan was employed as a ___________.

bellman

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.

All the buildings at Langley were painted dark ______.

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

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 did Miriam Mann do to show defiance in the cafeteria?

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

Dorothy's salary at Langley was __________ per year.

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

What is a synonym for "segregation"?

separation (I will take other answers.)

What does it mean when someone is "sympathetic"?

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

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.

"V" stands for ________.

victory

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

West Computers

Dorothy was THIS KIND of teacher

mathematics/math