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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 kind of language did federal documents use to disguise their racial intent?
(a) Similes.
(b) Malapropisms.
(c) Euphemisms.
(d) Lies.

2. What role did Richmond police play in maintaining segregation?
(a) Harassing blacks with petty arrests.
(b) Vandalizing model homes in integrated developments.
(c) Murdering unarmed black people to keep them out of the city.
(d) Allowing racist mobs to commit crimes with impunity.

3. What is de jure segregation?
(a) Government policies keeping races apart.
(b) Private decisions keeping races apart.
(c) Geographical features keeping races apart.
(d) White supremacist threats keeping races apart.

4. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold racially restrictive covenants as well as exclusionary zoning ordinances?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1926.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ethnic group was included in prohibitions of sales in Brookline, MA, alongside African Americans?

3. What does Rothstein say was used after the 1954 Brown decision to fix the problems created by segregated housing?

4. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?

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

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