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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does Rothstein say was a popular tool for whites who wanted to restrict integrated neighborhoods?

4. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?

5. What does Rothstein say police knew of, and ignored, in the rioters at Bill Myers’ house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend The Color of Law? For what purposes would you recommend The Color of Law, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of The Color of Law. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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