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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. How does Rothstein say UCLA students got black students into their racially exclusive neighborhood?
(a) By reclassifying them as white.
(b) By calling them domestic servants.
(c) By hiding them.
(d) By disguising them.

2. Who does Rothstein say led the movement to develop zoning ordinances in every municipality to separate the races?
(a) Harold Ickes.
(b) Warren Harding.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Harland Bartholomew.

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

4. What does Rothstein say was the first consequence of black families moving into whites neighborhoods through blockbusting?
(a) Prices went down steeply.
(b) Prices went down slightly.
(c) Prices went up.
(d) Prices remained constant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is de facto segregation?

2. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?

3. What is the most extreme measure blockbusters took to inspire racial fears and get whites to sell their homes?

4. What evidence does Rothstein say contradicts this claim that African Americans in a white neighborhood would decrease property value and therefore increase losses?

5. Which Constitutional Amendments does Rothstein say are violated by housing discrimination?

(see the answer key)

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