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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 PWA end?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1917.

2. Who does Rothstein say public housing was originally intended for?
(a) Indigent people.
(b) The working poor.
(c) Refugees from sharecropping.
(d) Lower- and middle-class families.

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

4. What was the first city in which whites concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Baltimore.

5. When did the Public Works Administration create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1928.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else was covered beside who could buy a house in a racially restrictive covenant?

2. Which U.S. president pushed African Americans out of government service?

3. Where was the idea of the homeowners’ association first put into practice?

4. What did the “Own Your Own Home” campaign offer whites the ability to leave behind them?

5. What was the case that resulted in the decision that racially restrictive covenants were unconstitutional?

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