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

2. What does Rothstein say was a popular tool for whites who wanted to restrict integrated neighborhoods?
(a) Denying basic services.
(b) Rezoning them as industrial.
(c) Packing the courts to get favorable decisions.
(d) Threatening developers’ lives.

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

4. What makes Rothstein say that real estate agents engaged in blockbusting were engaging in de jure segregation?
(a) They were appointed by the government.
(b) They were advocating public policies that supported their trade.
(c) They swore an oath to uphold the non-discrimination local laws.
(d) They were licensed by state real estate boards.

5. What should the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Comptroller of the Currency should have done but did not do?
(a) Forced local governments to accept integrated developments.
(b) Forced the police to suppress move-in riots when black families moved into integrated neighborhoods.
(c) Sued towns that raised requirements for integrated developments.
(d) Withdrawn federal support for discriminatory organizations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Stuyvesant Town not integrated, even though New York state forced the development to admit African Americans?

3. What did the FHA’s 1948 report conclude about prices in integrated neighborhoods?

4. What is de jure segregation?

5. How does Rothstein characterize the justifications planning committees used for segregation and discrimination when they knew the Constitutional requirement?

(see the answer key)

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