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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which neighborhood does Rothstein say whites “declared war” on African-American residents, and drove them out of the neighborhood?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Memphis Tennessee.
(c) Levittown in Long Island.
(d) Woodlawn in Chicago.

2. What does Rothstein suggest as a realistic remedy to systemic housing discrimination?
(a) Relocating white families to city centers.
(b) Subsidies for African-American home-buyers.
(c) Demolishing white neighborhoods and putting in parks.
(d) A fair share law.

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

4. What does Rothstein say African Americans got after the Civil War?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Protection.
(c) 40 acres and a mule.
(d) Reparations.

5. How does Rothstein say American histories typically tell the story of housing discrimination?
(a) They whitewash the systemic racism.
(b) They cherry-pick stories of success and integration.
(c) They omit most of the details.
(d) They use euphemisms to paint a rosier picture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?

2. How did planning officials characterize black neighborhoods when they were planning to demolish or appropriate them?

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

4. How big was the mob that threw rocks at Wilbur Gary’s house?

5. What was the main mechanism Rothstein says whites in power used to suppress black wages?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Rothstein say was arrested when Andrew Wade, an African-American veteran, tried to move into the white suburb of Shively outside Louisville, Kentucky in 1954?

2. What effect does Rothstein say the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision have on housing segregation?

3. What complicating variable does Rothstein include in listing the consequences of growing up in poverty?

4. What does Rothstein say was the other regulatory agencies’ role in promoting segregation?

5. How does Rothstein say wage growth affected African Americans differently than whites?

6. Why does Rothstein examine the wage suppression of African Americans?

7. What does Rothstein say caused the fire bombings in Chicago in 1919?

8. How did cities use slum clearance as a justification for segregation?

9. What role did the federal government play in the riot outside Bill Myers’ house in Levittown in Pennsylvania?

10. What does Rothstein say was the IRS’ role in promoting segregation?

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