1. After the post-war housing shortage ended, what does Rothstein say the real estate industry lobbied for?
(a) Excluding black workers from skills positions.
(b) Using subsidies to remedy historic injustices in housing.
(c) Limits on black contractors.
(d) Making sure public housing was a place of poverty and crime.

2. What turmoil does Rothstein say led him to consider writing this book?
(a) Police killings of blacks in Baltimore.
(b) Riots in Ferguson.
(c) Los Angeles race riots.
(d) White supremacists’ murders of black people.

3. What does Rothstein say the American government will have to address along with housing discrimination?
(a) Wage stagnation.
(b) Business opportunities.
(c) Educational opportunities.
(d) Health care access.

4. What does Rothstein say was behind the fear of property values falling?
(a) Fear of contagion.
(b) Racism.
(c) Fear of violence.
(d) Guilt.

5. Where does Rothstein say Leroy Mereday was born?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Hamburg, SC.
(c) Camden, NJ.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein call the practice of fanning racist fears to drive whites out of their homes to buy the homes cheap and sell them to black families at high prices?

2. What did Harland Bartholomew do as planning engineer for St. Louis, MO?

3. What was the outcome of the Gerald Cohn investigation?

4. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?

5. What does Rothstein say was an obstacle to quick change in the housing market after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?

(see the answer key)

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