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

2. What does Rothstein says the U.S. Housing Authority’s (USHA) stated goal was?
(a) Relocating communities.
(b) Integrating communities.
(c) Preserving communities.
(d) Segregating communities.

3. 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) Single-family housing for whites, multi-family housing for blacks.
(c) Large lots for whites, small lots for blacks.
(d) Affordable housing for whites, exploitative prices for blacks.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which case made housing discrimination illegal as national policy?

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

3. Of the 26 projects the PWA built in the northeast and Midwest in the 1930s, how many were internally integrated?

4. When did the U.S. start building public housing?

5. When did the PWA end?

(see the answer key)

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