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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 with one hand and encouraged it with the other.
(b) It helped hide it.
(c) It fought it.
(d) It encouraged it.

2. When did the Public Works Administration create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1933.

3. Which case made housing discrimination illegal as national policy?
(a) Shelley.
(b) Jones.
(c) Buchanan.
(d) Brown.

4. What does Rothstein say was the main driver of de jure segregation?
(a) Lynching and other forms of terrorism.
(b) Mass incarceration.
(c) Wage suppression and wage theft.
(d) Public housing.

5. When did the Tennessee Valley Authority create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say the FHA’s appraisal standards included?

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

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

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

5. What does the 13th Amendment prohibit?

(see the answer key)

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