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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. According to Rothstein, what purposes did local governments seize black neighborhoods for?
(a) Airports and subway systems.
(b) Industrial development.
(c) Private development.
(d) Parks and highways.

2. What is a problem Rothstein says that African Americans suffer from as a result of poor housing conditions?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Gout.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Anemia.

3. What was the outcome of the Gerald Cohn investigation?
(a) He was exonerated.
(b) He was driven out of the state.
(c) He was blacklisted by the FHA.
(d) He was imprisoned.

4. What was the condition that led the FHA to finally back the UAW’s development in Milpitas?
(a) The development would be segregated.
(b) The development would be integrated, but races would be separated by a stream.
(c) The development would be a co-op.
(d) The development would include only wealthy families.

5. When did the Tennessee Valley Authority create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protected Wilbur Gary’s house and family from the white mob?

2. Who does Rothstein say led the movement to develop zoning ordinances in every municipality to separate the races?

3. Who does Rothstein say spread the word that Bill Myers, an African-American veteran, had moved into the Levittown in Pennsylvania?

4. How does Rothstein explain how places like Ferguson, MO got to be so racially homogenous?

5. How does Rothstein characterize the FHA’s theory about value in terms African Americans bringing down housing prices?

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