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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rothstein say was the evidence the FHA used to back up the claim that African Americans in a white neighborhood would decrease property value and therefore increase losses?
(a) Generalizations about the purity of races.
(b) Anecdotes from homeowners in Kentucky.
(c) Years of property value data.
(d) There was no hard evidence.

3. What did the state of Montana ban in 1909?
(a) Selling homes to African Americans.
(b) Intermarriage.
(c) Black business ownership.
(d) Employing African Americans.

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

5. Where does Rothstein say blockbusting had its roots?
(a) Private decisions.
(b) Racism.
(c) Federal housing policy.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beryl Satter say was one of the consequences of buying from blockbusters?

2. What is the most extreme measure blockbusters took to inspire racial fears and get whites to sell their homes?

3. Where did Wilbur Gary buy a home that made him the target of racist violence?

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

5. What does Rothstein say the people in charge of FHA’s reaction was to their organization’s own findings?

(see the answer key)

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