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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rothstein say was the only one who had standing to enforce a racially restrictive covenant?
(a) The local government.
(b) The community.
(c) The previous owner.
(d) The homeowners’ association.

2. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?
(a) 1917.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1968.

3. Which Constitutional Amendments does Rothstein say are violated by housing discrimination?
(a) 13th.
(b) 19th.
(c) 5th,13th, 14th.
(d) 2nd.

4. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?
(a) Multi-family.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Single-family.

5. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?
(a) Revised it to make the policy economic, not based on race.
(b) Used the plan anyway.
(c) Revised it to remove any reference to race.
(d) Revised it to make it more inclusive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say made black families a risk in the mortgage industry?

2. What percentage of Westchester county, NY, subdivisions with more than 75 units, built between 1935 and 1947 does Rothstein say had racially restrictive covenants?

3. What position did Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., America’s pre-eminent landscape architect, take on integration in housing?

4. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?

5. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by restricting housing based on intermarriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Rothstein say the federal government had to play in segregating America’s housing?

2. What was the Supreme Court’s logic when it upheld an exclusionary zoning ordinance in Arlington Heights, Chicago in 1977?

3. What does Rothstein cite as evidence that the government is obligated to remedy segregation?

4. What was the economic argument racist local governments used for restricting black families’ housing options?

5. What strategies would blockbusters use to create panic in white families?

6. What does Rothstein say the purpose of his book is?

7. How did towns and developments find ways around the Buchanan decision?

8. Where does Rothstein say public housing started in the U.S.?

9. How does Rothstein say deeds were used as mechanisms of segregation, and how does he say they were backed as de jure segregation?

10. What is blockbusting?

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