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

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

3. How does Rothstein characterize the nature of the sales when blockbusters sold to African Americans?
(a) Cash sales.
(b) Contract sales.
(c) Straw man sales.
(d) Deferred sales.

4. Who does Rothstein say led the movement to develop zoning ordinances in every municipality to separate the races?
(a) Warren Harding.
(b) Harland Bartholomew.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Harold Ickes.

5. How long did Bill Myers and his family stay in Levittown after the move-in riot?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rothstein explain how places like Ferguson, MO got to be so racially homogenous?

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

3. What caused northern troops to withdraw from the South after 1877?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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