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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. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?
(a) Permanent housing for whites, temporary housing for blacks.
(b) Affordable housing for whites, exploitative prices for blacks.
(c) Single-family housing for whites, multi-family housing for blacks.
(d) Large lots for whites, small lots for blacks.

2. How recently has the U.S. Supreme Court said that de facto segregation is beyond its jurisdiction?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1986.
(c) 2007.
(d) 1992.

3. When did the PWA end?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1957.

4. What does the 13th Amendment prohibit?
(a) Treating African Americans as second-class citizens.
(b) Treating African Americans as second-class citizens.
(c) Denying citizens due process.
(d) Discriminating based on race or religion.

5. Where did U.S. housing policy leave many African-American families living?
(a) Scattered throughout the exurbs.
(b) In the suburbs.
(c) In the country.
(d) Slums.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is de facto segregation?

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

3. When did Frank Stevenson work in a Richmond shipyard?

4. What does Rothstein say the Supreme Court decided about housing and discrimination in 1883?

5. Where did the U.S. Housing Authority encourage whites to move?

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