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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 turmoil does Rothstein say led him to consider writing this book?
(a) White supremacists’ murders of black people.
(b) Riots in Ferguson.
(c) Los Angeles race riots.
(d) Police killings of blacks in Baltimore.

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

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

4. Where did Leroy Mereday’s son, Robert, make his career?
(a) Hostelry.
(b) Construction.
(c) Shipbuilding.
(d) Manufacturing.

5. What does Rothstein say black families were unprepared to do as a consequence of purchasing from blockbusters?
(a) Add additions to their homes.
(b) Afford maintenance.
(c) Life off one wage-earner.
(d) Buy second homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say organizations used tax-exempt status for?

2. What does Rothstein say was the main driver of de jure segregation?

3. What does Rothstein say caused many black families to lose the homes they bought from blockbusters?

4. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?

5. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by claiming it only applied to Kentucky?

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