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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. Of the 26 projects the PWA built in the northeast and Midwest in the 1930s, how many were internally integrated?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. When did the Tennessee Valley Authority create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1933.

3. What does Rothstein say the Department of Housing and Urban Development do when the Supreme Court delivered a 1971 decision that said they had to construct projects in predominantly-white neighborhoods?
(a) Built integrated projects.
(b) Changed the names of their developments to provide a sheen of integration.
(c) Built more segregated projects in defiance of the Supreme Court.
(d) Stopped building projects.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is de facto segregation?

2. What does Rothstein say binds Americans to solving the problem of housing segregation?

3. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?

4. What effect does Rothstein say the federal government had on segregation in housing?

5. How recently has the U.S. Supreme Court said that de facto segregation is beyond its jurisdiction?

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