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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Suppressed Incomes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?
(a) Collapse.
(b) Glut.
(c) Redistribution, as families moved west.
(d) Shortage.

2. What was the condition that led the FHA to finally back the UAW’s development in Milpitas?
(a) The development would be a co-op.
(b) The development would be integrated, but races would be separated by a stream.
(c) The development would be segregated.
(d) The development would include only wealthy families.

3. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by claiming it only applied to Kentucky?
(a) Richmond, CA.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Camden, NJ.
(d) Chicago.

4. Why does Rothstein say the Mereday family did not apply for mortgages?
(a) They could not afford the bribes they would have to pay.
(b) They knew they would be denied.
(c) They could not afford to buy homes.
(d) They refused to pay inflated rates.

5. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?
(a) Permanent housing for whites, temporary housing for blacks.
(b) Large lots for whites, small lots for blacks.
(c) Single-family housing for whites, multi-family housing for blacks.
(d) Affordable housing for whites, exploitative prices for blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?

2. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?

3. How does Rothstein say UCLA students got black students into their racially exclusive neighborhood?

4. What work does Rothstein say black families were largely forced to take after Reconstruction?

5. How did planning officials characterize black neighborhoods when they were planning to demolish or appropriate them?

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