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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Suppressed Incomes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of Westchester county, NY, subdivisions with more than 75 units, built between 1935 and 1947 does Rothstein say had racially restrictive covenants?
(a) 65%.
(b) 85%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 70%.

2. When was the Fair Housing Act passed?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1985.

3. What did local officials do to prevent the AFSC from building an integrated development?
(a) Threaten the builder’s life.
(b) Deny sewer lines to the development.
(c) Add restrictions to house style and color.
(d) Raise the cost of the land.

4. In what way were African Americans still bought and sold even after the end of slavery?
(a) As prisoners.
(b) As serfs.
(c) As communities.
(d) As servants.

5. How does Rothstein characterize the federal, state and local government officials’ racial intent in suppressing African-American wages?
(a) Coded.
(b) Unintentional.
(c) Undisguised.
(d) Obfuscated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?

2. What does Beryl Satter say was one of the consequences of buying from blockbusters?

3. When was the first Great Migration that brought black families north?

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

5. What does Rothstein say the people in charge of FHA’s reaction was to their organization’s own findings?

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