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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 does Rothstein say the federal government’s role was in segregation after Reconstruction?
(a) It fought it.
(b) It encouraged it.
(c) It helped hide it.
(d) It fought it with one hand and encouraged it with the other.

2. What does Rothstein say the Department of Housing and Urban Development do when the Supreme Court delivered a 1971 decision that said they had to construct projects in predominantly-white neighborhoods?
(a) Changed the names of their developments to provide a sheen of integration.
(b) Stopped building projects.
(c) Built more segregated projects in defiance of the Supreme Court.
(d) Built integrated projects.

3. What is de facto segregation?
(a) Private decisions keeping races apart.
(b) White supremacist threats keeping races apart.
(c) Government policies keeping races apart.
(d) Geographical features keeping races apart.

4. Which Constitutional Amendments does Rothstein say are violated by housing discrimination?
(a) 19th.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 13th.
(d) 5th,13th, 14th.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Public Works Administration create jobs and housing for whites only?

2. What recommendation did President Hoover’s homeownership team make, in terms of Negro housing?

3. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?

4. What role did Richmond police play in maintaining segregation?

5. When did the PWA end?

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