View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: State-Sanctioned Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by claiming it only applied to Kentucky?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Richmond, CA.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Camden, NJ.

2. What does Rothstein say police knew of, and ignored, in the rioters at Bill Myers’ house?
(a) White supremacist ties.
(b) Plans to lynch Myers.
(c) Racial animus.
(d) Ties to the local police chief.

3. Where did Wilbur Gary buy a home that made him the target of racist violence?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) Stuyvesant Town, NY.
(c) Creve Coeur, MO.
(d) Rollingwood, CA.

4. When did the massacre take place in Hamburg South Carolina that killed 50 African Americans in advance of elections?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1947.

5. What caused northern troops to withdraw from the South after 1877?
(a) Demonstrable improvements in integration.
(b) Expiration of a treaty period.
(c) Guerilla warfare.
(d) Presidential election.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say was behind the fear of property values falling?

2. What percentage of black families’ homes were governed by the type of sale Rothstein describes here where black families bought from blockbusters?

3. Who was the leader of the riot at Bill Myers’ house?

4. Where does Rothstein say blockbusting had its roots?

5. What did the FHA’s 1948 report conclude about prices in integrated neighborhoods?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 244 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample