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

2. What effect does Rothstein say the federal government had on segregation in housing?
(a) They restored it.
(b) They remedied it.
(c) They exacerbated it.
(d) They realigned it along economic class lines.

3. What does Rothstein say the Supreme Court decided about housing and discrimination in 1883?
(a) Housing was only accountable to the market.
(b) Housing was a human right.
(c) Housing was not related to slavery.
(d) Housing was fully covered by anti-discrimination laws.

4. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?
(a) Refugees from sharecropping.
(b) Lower- and middle-class families.
(c) The working poor.
(d) Indigent people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?

2. What does Rothstein say made black families a risk in the mortgage industry?

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

4. What is redlining?

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

(see the answer key)

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