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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: “Own Your Own Home”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first city in which whites concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) New York.
(d) Baltimore.

2. What does Rothstein call the practice of fanning racist fears to drive whites out of their homes to buy the homes cheap and sell them to black families at high prices?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Relocation.
(c) Race panicking.
(d) Slum clearing.

3. Where did Leroy Mereday’s son, Robert, make his career?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Shipbuilding.
(c) Hostelry.
(d) Construction.

4. What recommendation did President Hoover’s homeownership team make, in terms of Negro housing?
(a) They advocated for a free market approach.
(b) They did not describe policies for integration.
(c) They advocated subsides for African-American families.
(d) They advocated for integrated housing.

5. What does Rothstein say the FHA’s appraisal standards included?
(a) An integration requirement.
(b) A reparations requirement.
(c) A fair share requirement.
(d) A whites-only requirements.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the 13th Amendment prohibit?

3. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?

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

5. Which Constitutional Amendments does Rothstein say are violated by housing discrimination?

(see the answer key)

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