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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the house cost that Desmond grew up in?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $60,000.
(d) $50,000.

2. By what percent had median rent increased since 2000 in the West?
(a) 112 percent.
(b) 192 percent.
(c) 189 percent.
(d) 135 percent.

3. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, by what percent did the aid reserved for American who fell below a certain income level increase?
(a) 110.
(b) 90
(c) 237.
(d) 50.

4. What was the difference between the amount Lakia Higbee paid for rent and what she would have paid for mortgage if she could have gotten one?
(a) $1,200 compared to $832.
(b) $1,025 compared to $735.
(c) $875 compared to $606.
(d) $950 compared to $577.

5. What percent of the U.S. population was poor in 1970?
(a) 13.9.
(b) 10.5.
(c) 12.6.
(d) 11.8.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How likely are Black and Hispanic American to be poor compared to white Americans?

3. During June and July 2021, how many states stopped some or all of the emergency benefits provided during the COVID pandemic?

4. In the book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, what percent of adult Americans did the author report had relied on a major government program at some time in their lives?

5. How many newly built English homes would fit into the average new American home?

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