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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bob Jones University lose its tax-exempt status in 1976?

2. When was the first Great Migration that brought black families north?

3. What is reverse redlining?

4. How does Rothstein characterize the qualities any solution to America’s racism will have to have?

5. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rothstein say caused the fire bombings in Chicago in 1919?

2. What complicating variable does Rothstein include in listing the consequences of growing up in poverty?

3. Why does Rothstein examine the wage suppression of African Americans?

4. Who does Rothstein say suffers for the segregation black families have faced?

5. What does Rothstein say was the IRS’ role in promoting segregation?

6. How does Rothstein say federal policies actively injured black communities?

7. How did cities use slum clearance as a justification for segregation?

8. How does Rothstein say the 2008 housing collapse affected black families?

9. How has appreciation affected the wealth disparity between black and white families in America?

10. How does Rothstein say tax policy was abused to the detriment of African Americans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the audience for The Color of Law? What is the ideal reader for The Color of Law likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of The Color of Law. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

How has the housing policy Rothstein describes affected you and your family? How has your housing been determined by the programs or incentives or subsidies or prohibitions Rothstein describes? How has your family been influenced for better or worse by U.S. housing policy?

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