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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. What does Rothstein say the government has an obligation to provide?
(a) Protection for the powerless.
(b) A fair society.
(c) Reparations.
(d) Return to places of origin.

2. What euphemism does Rothstein say appraisers used to describe integrated neighborhoods?
(a) Inharmonious neighborhoods.
(b) Adverse influences.
(c) Incompatible ownership occupancy.
(d) Heterogeneous neighborhoods.

3. What does Rothstein say the FHA did to segregation in housing?
(a) Allowed local governments to set their own standards.
(b) Ended it as federal policy.
(c) Stripped out any enforcement to support integration.
(d) Made it federal policy.

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

5. 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) 70%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 85%.

Short Answer Questions

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

4. What is de jure segregation?

5. What does Rothstein say the federal government’s role was in segregation after Reconstruction?

(see the answer key)

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