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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Considering Fixes, and Epilogue, pages 195-218.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Rothstein say was an obstacle to quick change in the housing market after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?
(a) Slow turnover.
(b) Economic stagnation.
(c) Court challenges.
(d) Police obstruction.

3. What does Rothstein say the Department of Housing and Urban Development do when the Supreme Court delivered a 1971 decision that said they had to construct projects in predominantly-white neighborhoods?
(a) Built integrated projects.
(b) Changed the names of their developments to provide a sheen of integration.
(c) Built more segregated projects in defiance of the Supreme Court.
(d) Stopped building projects.

4. What effect does Rothstein say the federal government had on segregation in housing?
(a) They exacerbated it.
(b) They remedied it.
(c) They restored it.
(d) They realigned it along economic class lines.

5. What does Rothstein say the FHA did to segregation in housing?
(a) Stripped out any enforcement to support integration.
(b) Ended it as federal policy.
(c) Made it federal policy.
(d) Allowed local governments to set their own standards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Rothstein say the riot went on at Wilbur Gary’s house?

2. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?

3. In what way were African Americans still bought and sold even after the end of slavery?

4. When did the massacre take place in Hamburg South Carolina that killed 50 African Americans in advance of elections?

5. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?

(see the answer key)

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