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

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

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

4. How big was the mob that threw rocks at Wilbur Gary’s house?
(a) 50.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 2,000.

5. What does Rothstein say was the first consequence of black families moving into whites neighborhoods through blockbusting?
(a) Prices went down steeply.
(b) Prices remained constant.
(c) Prices went down slightly.
(d) Prices went up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of the Hamburg massacre?

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

3. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?

4. What does Rothstein say caused many black families to lose the homes they bought from blockbusters?

5. What were the laws that limited blacks’ freedoms called in the South?

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