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

2. What kind of zoning were African Americans most likely to live in?
(a) Single-family.
(b) Multi-family.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Industrial.

3. 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?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Relocation.
(c) Slum clearing.
(d) Race panicking.

4. What does Rothstein say whites suffer from as a result of systemic discrimination?
(a) Cynicism.
(b) Envy.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Perpetual fear.

5. How long does Rothstein say the riot went on at Wilbur Gary’s house?
(a) Three months.
(b) A month.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the 26 projects the PWA built in the northeast and Midwest in the 1930s, how many were internally integrated?

2. To what does Rothstein attribute the fact that schools are more segregated today than in 1967?

3. What percentage of the mortgages in the U.S. does Rothstein say were the FHA and the Veterans Administration insuring by 1950?

4. What euphemism does Rothstein say appraisers used to describe integrated neighborhoods?

5. What evidence does Rothstein say contradicts this claim that African Americans in a white neighborhood would decrease property value and therefore increase losses?

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