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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: White Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Rothstein say was behind the fear of property values falling?
(a) Fear of violence.
(b) Fear of contagion.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Racism.

4. Why does Rothstein say the Mereday family did not apply for mortgages?
(a) They could not afford to buy homes.
(b) They knew they would be denied.
(c) They refused to pay inflated rates.
(d) They could not afford the bribes they would have to pay.

5. When would a black family acquire equity in the house it bought, under the kinds of sales blockbusters typically used?
(a) When it was completely paid off.
(b) When the interest was paid off.
(c) When they started making payments.
(d) When they moved out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Westchester county, NY, subdivisions with more than 75 units, built between 1935 and 1947 does Rothstein say had racially restrictive covenants?

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

3. What position did Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., America’s pre-eminent landscape architect, take on integration in housing?

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

5. What does Rothstein say was the evidence the FHA used to back up the claim that African Americans in a white neighborhood would decrease property value and therefore increase losses?

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