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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. When did the Tennessee Valley Authority create jobs and housing for whites only?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1944.

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

3. What was demolished to make way for the first PWA development?
(a) An integrated neighborhood.
(b) A shopping district.
(c) An airport.
(d) A white slum.

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

5. When was the Fair Housing Act passed?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?

2. What does Rothstein say African Americans got after the Civil War?

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

4. When does Rothstein say a federal appeal court finally determined that racially restrictive covenants were unconstitutional?

5. What were the laws that limited blacks’ freedoms called in the South?

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