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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 would a black family acquire equity in the house it bought, under the kinds of sales blockbusters typically used?
(a) When it was completely paid off.
(b) When they started making payments.
(c) When the interest was paid off.
(d) When they moved out.

2. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?
(a) Single-family.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Multi-family.

3. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by restricting housing based on intermarriage?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Richmond, VA.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Phoenix.

4. Which U.S. president pushed African Americans out of government service?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long did Bill Myers and his family stay in Levittown after the move-in riot?

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

5. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?

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