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

2. How have American wages changed since 1973?
(a) They have tripled.
(b) They have doubled.
(c) They have halved.
(d) They have been flat.

3. For white families who bought homes in Levittown in 1948, how much value did they derive from appreciation?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $75,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $125,000.

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

5. What does Rothstein say was a popular tool for whites who wanted to restrict integrated neighborhoods?
(a) Rezoning them as industrial.
(b) Packing the courts to get favorable decisions.
(c) Threatening developers’ lives.
(d) Denying basic services.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Rothstein say the riot went on at Wilbur Gary’s house?

3. What does Rothstein say real estate agents were not required to do?

4. When was the first Great Migration that brought black families north?

5. Who does Rothstein say spread the word that Bill Myers, an African-American veteran, had moved into the Levittown in Pennsylvania?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?

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

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

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

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