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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. After the post-war housing shortage ended, what does Rothstein say the real estate industry lobbied for?
(a) Using subsidies to remedy historic injustices in housing.
(b) Limits on black contractors.
(c) Excluding black workers from skills positions.
(d) Making sure public housing was a place of poverty and crime.

2. What is de jure segregation?
(a) White supremacist threats keeping races apart.
(b) Government policies keeping races apart.
(c) Geographical features keeping races apart.
(d) Private decisions keeping races apart.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is de facto segregation?

2. What does Rothstein says the U.S. Housing Authority’s (USHA) stated goal was?

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

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

5. When was the Fair Housing Act passed?

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