1. Explain what is significant about Rosa Parks and the Hampton Institute in Virginia, which is where Mary Jackson graduated. 

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2. In what ways was Christine Mann active in the Civil Rights Movement in 1960? 

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3.What impact did the astronauts have on the student protests of 1960?

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4. Explain how the 1960s created a dividing line between the time when computers were human and when they were machines. 

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5. After the closing of the West Computing office, what was Dorothy Vaughan's new position and job description?

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6. Explain what NASA needed to monitor and analyze all aspects of space flights. 

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7. Explain what happened while Langley engineers were trying to figure out how to communicate with an orbital flight.

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8. Explain Ham's contribution to the Space Race.

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9. Alan Shepard's flight was not as impressive as Cosmonaut Gargari's flight. Explain the significance of Shepard's mission.