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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rothstein say was used after the 1954 Brown decision to fix the problems created by segregated housing?
(a) Inclusionary zoning ordinances.
(b) Fair share programs.
(c) Busing.
(d) Federal loan guarantees.

2. What does Rothstein call the practice of demolishing black neighborhoods in order to make way for white families?
(a) Eminent domain.
(b) Redistribution of real estate.
(c) Rezoning.
(d) Slum clearance.

3. How did planning officials characterize black neighborhoods when they were planning to demolish or appropriate them?
(a) Valuable land.
(b) Integrated communities.
(c) Profitable resources.
(d) Blight.

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

5. Where was David Bohannon a developer after World War II?
(a) California.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) New Jersey.

6. How does Rothstein characterize the federal, state and local government officials’ racial intent in suppressing African-American wages?
(a) Unintentional.
(b) Obfuscated.
(c) Undisguised.
(d) Coded.

7. How does Rothstein say banks have reacted to the real estate market for black families in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse?
(a) They have stopped offering subprime loans to black families.
(b) They are again offering subprime loans to black families.
(c) They have moved to making subprime car loans to black families, instead of home loans.
(d) They have started to offer subprime loans to other ethnic groups, to trap them in poverty as well.

8. How does Rothstein say American wages changed between 1945 and 1973?
(a) Quadrupled.
(b) Tripled.
(c) Doubled.
(d) Halved.

9. What does Rothstein say the American myth that hard work leads to success overlook?
(a) Income inequality.
(b) Systemic discrimination.
(c) Wage stagnation.
(d) Automation.

10. How does Rothstein characterize the relationship between the wealth of parents and the wealth of their children?
(a) Consistent.
(b) Inverted proportion.
(c) Linear.
(d) Unrelated.

11. In what way were African Americans still bought and sold even after the end of slavery?
(a) As servants.
(b) As serfs.
(c) As communities.
(d) As prisoners.

12. What program does Rothstein say was integral to Houston’s segregation plans?
(a) Highway construction.
(b) School construction.
(c) Mortgage subsidy program.
(d) Section 8 program.

13. For whose sake does Rothstein say we should take responsibility for our history?
(a) For descendants of enslaved people.
(b) For our predecessors.
(c) For the racist ancestors who practiced segregation.
(d) For all Americans.

14. How does Rothstein characterize the roles that were open to African-American workers?
(a) Skilled.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Menial.
(d) Management.

15. To what does Rothstein attribute the fact that schools are more segregated today than in 1967?
(a) Housing segregation.
(b) Busing.
(c) Economic injustice.
(d) Ongoing racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rothstein say American histories typically tell the story of housing discrimination?

2. What does Rothstein say created the emotional time in which the Fair Housing Act was passed?

3. What order does Rothstein say the police had been given in relation to the riot at Bill Myers’ house?

4. What is the first place Rothstein suggests making reforms?

5. What was the condition that led the FHA to finally back the UAW’s development in Milpitas?

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