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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. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?
(a) Federal government.
(b) Metropolitan Life.
(c) Private backers.
(d) California government.

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

3. 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?
(a) Withdrawn federal support for discriminatory organizations.
(b) Sued towns that raised requirements for integrated developments.
(c) Forced local governments to accept integrated developments.
(d) Forced the police to suppress move-in riots when black families moved into integrated neighborhoods.

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

5. What did local officials do to prevent the AFSC from building an integrated development?
(a) Add restrictions to house style and color.
(b) Deny sewer lines to the development.
(c) Threaten the builder’s life.
(d) Raise the cost of the land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein suggest as a realistic remedy to systemic housing discrimination?

2. What does Rothstein say happened to George Romney, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, when he started a program called Open Communities to deny federal funds to localities that still had racially restrictive covenant and exclusionary zoning ordinances?

3. How much did a Levittown house that cost $75,000 in 1947 cost in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?

4. What was the condition that led the FHA to finally back the UAW’s development in Milpitas?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rothstein say was the fate of George Romney’s attempts at integration in 1970?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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