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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 is the main point of his book?
(a) Rothstein says that he wants to make it clear that segregation was a deliberate policy of the U.S. government.
(b) Rothstein says he wants to show that segregation involved good people on both sides of the issue.
(c) Rothstein wanted to demonstrate how our current problems are rooted in historical trends.
(d) Rothstein says he wanted to expose the details that reveal the inaccuracies at the heart of federal housing policy.

2. How did the FHA limit the effect of the Supreme Court decision making racially restrictive covenants unconstitutional?
(a) It delayed implementation.
(b) It gave towns 25 years to comply.
(c) It refused to implement the change.
(d) It stripped out any enforcement mechanisms.

3. Where does Rothstein say blockbusting had its roots?
(a) Federal housing policy.
(b) Private decisions.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Racism.

4. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1986.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1968.

5. What did local officials do to prevent the AFSC from building an integrated development?
(a) Threaten the builder’s life.
(b) Raise the cost of the land.
(c) Deny sewer lines to the development.
(d) Add restrictions to house style and color.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say the state of the housing market was from 1930 through the 1950s?

2. What does Rothstein say made black families a risk in the mortgage industry?

3. Where did Leroy Mereday make a career for himself?

4. What was demolished to make way for the first PWA development?

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

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