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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 binds Americans to solving the problem of housing segregation?
(a) A moral obligation.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) International law.
(d) Religious dictate.

2. Why were blacks primarily prevented from buying houses?
(a) Because they could not afford them.
(b) Because the government would not back mortgages for their homes.
(c) Because communities refused to admit them.
(d) Because private developers refused to sell to them.

3. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?
(a) 1917.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1968.

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

5. What did the state of Montana ban in 1909?
(a) Black business ownership.
(b) Employing African Americans.
(c) Intermarriage.
(d) Selling homes to African Americans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?

3. What is de facto segregation?

4. What caused northern troops to withdraw from the South after 1877?

5. What does Rothstein say was the main driver of de jure segregation?

(see the answer key)

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