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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Racial Zoning.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Shortage.
(c) Redistribution, as families moved west.
(d) Glut.

4. What caused northern troops to withdraw from the South after 1877?
(a) Presidential election.
(b) Expiration of a treaty period.
(c) Demonstrable improvements in integration.
(d) Guerilla warfare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Richmond police play in maintaining segregation?

2. 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?

3. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?

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

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

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