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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Public Housing, Black Ghettos.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the U.S. Housing Authority encourage whites to move?
(a) Inner cities.
(b) Suburbs.
(c) Country.
(d) Exurbs.

2. 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.

3. What does Rothstein say is the main point of his book?
(a) Rothstein says that he wants to make it clear that segregation was a deliberate policy of the U.S. government.
(b) Rothstein wanted to demonstrate how our current problems are rooted in historical trends.
(c) Rothstein says he wanted to expose the details that reveal the inaccuracies at the heart of federal housing policy.
(d) Rothstein says he wants to show that segregation involved good people on both sides of the issue.

4. What role did Richmond police play in maintaining segregation?
(a) Allowing racist mobs to commit crimes with impunity.
(b) Vandalizing model homes in integrated developments.
(c) Harassing blacks with petty arrests.
(d) Murdering unarmed black people to keep them out of the city.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What turmoil does Rothstein say led him to consider writing this book?

3. Where did U.S. housing policy leave many African-American families living?

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

5. What is de jure segregation?

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