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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: IRS Support and Compliant Regulators.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harland Bartholomew do as planning engineer for St. Louis, MO?
(a) Establish racial neighborhood zones.
(b) Demolish integrated neighborhoods.
(c) Push for integration in neighborhoods.
(d) Determine where industrial and African-American neighborhoods could be.

2. Why does Rothstein say the Mereday family did not apply for mortgages?
(a) They could not afford the bribes they would have to pay.
(b) They refused to pay inflated rates.
(c) They knew they would be denied.
(d) They could not afford to buy homes.

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

4. When did the PWA end?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1937.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Gerald Cohn of San Francisco investigated by the FBI?

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

4. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?

5. What evidence does Rothstein say contradicts this claim that African Americans in a white neighborhood would decrease property value and therefore increase losses?

(see the answer key)

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