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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. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?
(a) Inflated.
(b) Leveraged.
(c) Usurious.
(d) Discounted.

2. Who protected Wilbur Gary’s house and family from the white mob?
(a) Federal troops.
(b) NAACP.
(c) State police
(d) Local police.

3. In which neighborhood does Rothstein say whites “declared war” on African-American residents, and drove them out of the neighborhood?
(a) Memphis Tennessee.
(b) Woodlawn in Chicago.
(c) Levittown in Long Island.
(d) Detroit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What flag did the mob fly outside of Bill Myers’ house, while the cops stood by doing nothing?

2. What order does Rothstein say the police had been given in relation to the riot at Bill Myers’ house?

3. Which U.S. president pushed African Americans out of government service?

4. What did Harland Bartholomew do as planning engineer for St. Louis, MO?

5. What position did Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., America’s pre-eminent landscape architect, take on integration in housing?

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