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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Local Tactics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?
(a) Racial zoning ordinances.
(b) Racially restrictive covenants.
(c) Inclusionary zoning ordinances.
(d) Fair share policies.

2. What did the “Own Your Own Home” campaign offer whites the ability to leave behind them?
(a) Racial strife.
(b) History.
(c) Political powerlessness.
(d) Poverty.

3. What was the outcome of the Gerald Cohn investigation?
(a) He was blacklisted by the FHA.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was driven out of the state.
(d) He was exonerated.

4. What does Rothstein say made black families a risk in the mortgage industry?
(a) Their race alone.
(b) Their likelihood of being overcharged for services and property.
(c) Their susceptibility to violence at the hands of whites.
(d) Their vulnerability to exploitative rents.

5. According to Rothstein, what purposes did local governments seize black neighborhoods for?
(a) Parks and highways.
(b) Airports and subway systems.
(c) Industrial development.
(d) Private development.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept allowed white administrators to perpetuate the injustice of segregation?

2. What makes Rothstein say that real estate agents engaged in blockbusting were engaging in de jure segregation?

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

4. After the post-war housing shortage ended, what does Rothstein say the real estate industry lobbied for?

5. What did local officials do to prevent the AFSC from building an integrated development?

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