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

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

3. How many African Americans moved north in the Second Great Migration?
(a) 118 million.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 19 million.
(d) 4 million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rothstein characterize the qualities any solution to America’s racism will have to have?

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

3. How does Rothstein say banks have reacted to the real estate market for black families in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse?

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

5. What does Rothstein say the American myth that hard work leads to success overlook?

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

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

4. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?

5. What steps were taken to keep Wilbur Gary from moving into his house in the Rollingwood development in Richmond, CA?

6. How does Rothstein say tax policy was abused to the detriment of African Americans?

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

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

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

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

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