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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 makes the racially restrictive covenants a state-sponsored strategy for de jure segregation?
(a) The courts enforced them.
(b) The FHA required them.
(c) The HOLC required them.
(d) The police enforced them.

2. What does Rothstein say binds Americans to solving the problem of housing segregation?
(a) A moral obligation.
(b) International law.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) Religious dictate.

3. What did the Buchanan decision outlaw?
(a) Racial zoning ordinances.
(b) Fair share policies.
(c) Inclusionary zoning ordinances.
(d) Racially restrictive covenants.

4. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?
(a) Discounted.
(b) Inflated.
(c) Leveraged.
(d) Usurious.

5. What does Rothstein says the U.S. Housing Authority’s (USHA) stated goal was?
(a) Relocating communities.
(b) Preserving communities.
(c) Integrating communities.
(d) Segregating communities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rothstein say was the only one who had standing to enforce a racially restrictive covenant?

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

3. What does Rothstein say the government has an obligation to provide?

4. What does Rothstein call the practice of demolishing black neighborhoods in order to make way for white families?

5. Where did Wilbur Gary buy a home that made him the target of racist violence?

(see the answer key)

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