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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Suppressed Incomes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold racially restrictive covenants as well as exclusionary zoning ordinances?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1926.

2. What did Harland Bartholomew do as planning engineer for St. Louis, MO?
(a) Demolish integrated neighborhoods.
(b) Establish racial neighborhood zones.
(c) Push for integration in neighborhoods.
(d) Determine where industrial and African-American neighborhoods could be.

3. What does Beryl Satter say was one of the consequences of buying from blockbusters?
(a) Poor educational opportunities.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Crime.
(d) Crowded homes.

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

5. How long does Rothstein say the riot went on at Wilbur Gary’s house?
(a) Three months.
(b) A month.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which neighborhood does Rothstein say whites “declared war” on African-American residents, and drove them out of the neighborhood?

2. How does Rothstein say UCLA students got black students into their racially exclusive neighborhood?

3. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?

4. Where does Rothstein say Leroy Mereday was born?

5. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?

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