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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. How does Rothstein characterize the housing policy as Richmond California built public housing during wartime?
(a) Affordable housing for whites, exploitative prices for blacks.
(b) Large lots for whites, small lots for blacks.
(c) Permanent housing for whites, temporary housing for blacks.
(d) Single-family housing for whites, multi-family housing for blacks.

2. Why were blacks primarily prevented from buying houses?
(a) Because they could not afford them.
(b) Because communities refused to admit them.
(c) Because private developers refused to sell to them.
(d) Because the government would not back mortgages for their homes.

3. Who does Rothstein say was the only one who had standing to enforce a racially restrictive covenant?
(a) The community.
(b) The previous owner.
(c) The local government.
(d) The homeowners’ association.

4. When did the U.S. start building public housing?
(a) World War II.
(b) 1960s.
(c) New Deal.
(d) World War I.

5. What does Rothstein say the FHA did to segregation in housing?
(a) Made it federal policy.
(b) Stripped out any enforcement to support integration.
(c) Allowed local governments to set their own standards.
(d) Ended it as federal policy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rothstein say blockbusting had its roots?

2. Why stance does Rothstein say local governments took, with regard to racially restrictive covenants?

3. What excuses does Rothstein say federal officials used to hide the racist consequences of housing policy?

4. In what way were African Americans still bought and sold even after the end of slavery?

5. What does Rothstein say black families were unprepared to do as a consequence of purchasing from blockbusters?

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