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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. What caused northern troops to withdraw from the South after 1877?
(a) Guerilla warfare.
(b) Expiration of a treaty period.
(c) Presidential election.
(d) Demonstrable improvements in integration.

2. What did the city of Atlanta do when the Supreme Court found its housing plans unconstitutional?
(a) Revised it to make it more inclusive.
(b) Revised it to make the policy economic, not based on race.
(c) Revised it to remove any reference to race.
(d) Used the plan anyway.

3. Where did developers try to get around Buchanan by claiming it only applied to Kentucky?
(a) Richmond, CA.
(b) Camden, NJ.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chicago.

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

5. Where did Wilbur Gary buy a home that made him the target of racist violence?
(a) Creve Coeur, MO.
(b) Rollingwood, CA.
(c) Stuyvesant Town, NY.
(d) Chicago, IL.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rothstein characterize the prices African Americans paid for homes bought and flipped by blockbusters?

2. How does Rothstein characterize blockbusting?

3. What was the first city in which whites concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?

4. Where does Rothstein say blockbusting had its roots?

5. Who does Rothstein say led the movement to develop zoning ordinances in every municipality to separate the races?

(see the answer key)

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