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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: State-Sanctioned Violence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the massacre take place in Hamburg South Carolina that killed 50 African Americans in advance of elections?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1876.

2. Who does Rothstein say led the movement to develop zoning ordinances in every municipality to separate the races?
(a) Harold Ickes.
(b) Harland Bartholomew.
(c) Warren Harding.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

3. What were the laws that limited blacks’ freedoms called in the South?
(a) Jim Crow.
(b) Reign of Terror.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) Racially restrictive covenants.

4. What does Rothstein say was behind the fear of property values falling?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Racism.
(c) Fear of violence.
(d) Fear of contagion.

5. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?
(a) Discounted.
(b) Inflated.
(c) Leveraged.
(d) Usurious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of the Hamburg massacre?

2. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by claiming it only applied to Kentucky?

3. What is the most extreme measure blockbusters took to inspire racial fears and get whites to sell their homes?

4. What was the effect of sharecropping on African-American families?

5. What did Harland Bartholomew do as planning engineer for St. Louis, MO?

(see the answer key)

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