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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. Who does Rothstein say spread the word that Bill Myers, an African-American veteran, had moved into the Levittown in Pennsylvania?
(a) Kids.
(b) Housewives.
(c) The postman.
(d) Local builders.

2. Why was Stuyvesant Town not integrated, even though New York state forced the development to admit African Americans?
(a) Black families refused to move there.
(b) Whites there threatened violence against black families.
(c) The rents were too high for African-American families to afford.
(d) By the time the state won its case, the wait list was already full.

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

4. When was the first Great Migration that brought black families north?
(a) During World War II.
(b) In the 1890s.
(c) In the 1920s.
(d) During World War I.

5. Who protected Wilbur Gary’s house and family from the white mob?
(a) NAACP.
(b) Local police.
(c) State police
(d) Federal troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Bill Myers and his family stay in Levittown after the move-in riot?

2. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?

3. What does Rothstein call the practice of demolishing black neighborhoods in order to make way for white families?

4. What was the Federal Poverty Limit for a family of three, in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?

5. What should the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Comptroller of the Currency should have done but did not do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What strategies does Rothstein say whites used to keep black wages down?

3. Who does Rothstein say suffers for the segregation black families have faced?

4. How does Rothstein say the 2008 housing collapse affected black families?

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

6. What steps does Rothstein say the real estate industry could take to remedy years of structural injustice?

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

8. How does Rothstein characterize the obstacles faced by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in desegregating Richmond, CA?

9. How does Rothstein say federal policies actively injured black communities?

10. 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?

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