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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 does Rothstein say about the quality of developments built without FHA backing?
(a) It was generally poorer.
(b) It was generally better.
(c) It was more likely to be temporary.
(d) It was more likely to be locally sourced.

2. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?
(a) Shortage.
(b) Redistribution, as families moved west.
(c) Glut.
(d) Collapse.

3. Where does Rothstein say Leroy Mereday was born?
(a) Hamburg, SC.
(b) Camden, NJ.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Detroit.

4. What does Rothstein say organizations used tax-exempt status for?
(a) Creating wealth in their properties.
(b) Skirting laws about discrimination.
(c) Legally discriminating against African Americans.
(d) Getting favorable mortgages for their properties.

5. Where did Leroy Mereday make a career for himself?
(a) In World War I.
(b) In construction.
(c) In the stock market.
(d) In World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?

2. Why did Bob Jones University lose its tax-exempt status in 1976?

3. What euphemism does Rothstein say appraisers used to describe integrated neighborhoods?

4. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by restricting housing based on intermarriage?

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

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