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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 2020, how much money did the mortgage interest deducation allow more than 13 million Americans to keep?
(a) $38.1 billion.
(b) $5.6 billion.
(c) $17.9 billion.
(d) $24.7 billion.

2. In Chapter 6, how many American families owned property besides their primary residence?
(a) 2 in 10.
(b) 3 in 10.
(c) 1 in 8.
(d) 4 in 5.

3. When Blacks moved north during the Great Migration, how much more did they often have to pay than white tenants paid?
(a) 1/3 more.
(b) Triple.
(c) Double.
(d) 2/3 more.

4. During the week of March 16, 2020, how many Americans filed for unemployment insurance?
(a) More than 3.3 million.
(b) About 2.1 million.
(c) 754,000.
(d) 500,980.

5. For four months during the COVID pandemic, how much did unemployed Americans received on top of their regular stipend weekly?
(a) $300.
(b) $500.
(c) $400.
(d) $600.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time Poverty, by America was written, how many people were immigrants?

2. In 2021, how many rental units in Syracuse, New York, sat empty even as rent increased by 8%?

3. What president once siad, "Taxes should hurt" (97)?

4. When did unions like the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America exclude Black workers?

5. When did Congress pass federal legislation abolishing housing discrimination?

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