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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. What was the condition that led the FHA to finally back the UAW’s development in Milpitas?
(a) The development would include only wealthy families.
(b) The development would be a co-op.
(c) The development would be segregated.
(d) The development would be integrated, but races would be separated by a stream.

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

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

4. What percent of white families’ income did black families have, in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?
(a) One third.
(b) One fifth.
(c) One quarter.
(d) One tenth.

5. When does Rothstein say civil rights laws started to be passed in the U.S.?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protected Wilbur Gary’s house and family from the white mob?

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

3. For white families who bought homes in Levittown in 1948, how much value did they derive from appreciation?

4. How have American wages changed since 1973?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?

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

4. 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?

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

6. Why does Rothstein say housing is such a difficult field for righting past injustices?

7. What is Rothstein’s first suggestion for reforming our country to address systemic racism?

8. How has appreciation affected the wealth disparity between black and white families in America?

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

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

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