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

2. How long does Rothstein say the riot went on at Wilbur Gary’s house?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three months.

3. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?
(a) Revised it to make the policy economic, not based on race.
(b) Revised it to remove any reference to race.
(c) Used the plan anyway.
(d) Revised it to make it more inclusive.

4. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?
(a) As a form of collusion with the FHA.
(b) As a few renegade real estate agents deceiving the public.
(c) As a federal government policy.
(d) As a form of de jure segregation.

5. What were the laws that limited blacks’ freedoms called in the South?
(a) Racially restrictive covenants.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) Jim Crow.
(d) Reign of Terror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the state of Montana ban in 1909?

3. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?

4. How big was the mob that threw rocks at Wilbur Gary’s house?

5. When was it that the first city concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?

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