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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. How big was the mob that threw rocks at Wilbur Gary’s house?
(a) 100.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 300.

2. What kind of language did federal documents use to disguise their racial intent?
(a) Lies.
(b) Similes.
(c) Euphemisms.
(d) Malapropisms.

3. What did the development try to do to get Gary out of the development?
(a) Turn off his electricity.
(b) Buy his house for more than he paid for it.
(c) Make him pay for his police protection.
(d) Charge him extra for his water and sewer services.

4. What was the first city in which whites concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Baltimore.
(c) New York.
(d) Detroit.

5. Where did Leroy Mereday’s son, Robert, make his career?
(a) Construction.
(b) Hostelry.
(c) Shipbuilding.
(d) Manufacturing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?

2. What role does Rothstein say churches and synagogues would play in segregation?

3. How does Rothstein say banks have reacted to the real estate market for black families in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse?

4. What was the effect of the Hamburg massacre?

5. What excuses does Rothstein say federal officials used to hide the racist consequences of housing policy?

(see the answer key)

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