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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Considering Fixes, and Epilogue, pages 195-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What recommendation did President Hoover’s homeownership team make, in terms of Negro housing?
(a) They did not describe policies for integration.
(b) They advocated subsides for African-American families.
(c) They advocated for integrated housing.
(d) They advocated for a free market approach.

2. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?
(a) The working poor.
(b) Lower- and middle-class families.
(c) Indigent people.
(d) Refugees from sharecropping.

3. How many African Americans moved north in the Second Great Migration?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 19 million.
(c) 118 million.
(d) 4 million.

4. Why stance does Rothstein say local governments took, with regard to racially restrictive covenants?
(a) They turned a blind eye to them.
(b) They actively promoted them.
(c) They prevented their police from enforcing them.
(d) They refused to enforce them.

5. What does Rothstein say was an obstacle to quick change in the housing market after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?
(a) Court challenges.
(b) Police obstruction.
(c) Slow turnover.
(d) Economic stagnation.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Public Works Administration create jobs and housing for whites only?

2. What does Rothstein say the Supreme Court decided about housing and discrimination in 1883?

3. What euphemism does Rothstein say appraisers used to describe integrated neighborhoods?

4. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?

5. How does Rothstein say American histories typically tell the story of housing discrimination?

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