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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Private Agreements, Government Enforcement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the massacre take place in Hamburg South Carolina that killed 50 African Americans in advance of elections?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1912.

2. When did Frank Stevenson work in a Richmond shipyard?
(a) 1930s.
(b) World War II.
(c) 1960s.
(d) World War I.

3. What percentage of Westchester county, NY, subdivisions with more than 75 units, built between 1935 and 1947 does Rothstein say had racially restrictive covenants?
(a) 65%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 85%.

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

5. What does Rothstein say binds Americans to solving the problem of housing segregation?
(a) International law.
(b) A moral obligation.
(c) Religious dictate.
(d) The Constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the U.S. Supreme Court find that racially restrictive covenants were unconstitutional?

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

3. What was demolished to make way for the first PWA development?

4. When did the PWA end?

5. Where does Rothstein say Leroy Mereday was born?

(see the answer key)

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