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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Private Agreements, Government Enforcement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rothstein say Langston Hughes grew up?
(a) In a slum.
(b) In a segregated neighborhood.
(c) In an integrating neighborhood.
(d) In a comfortable suburb.

2. What was the effect of the Hamburg massacre?
(a) Blacks gained representation in government.
(b) The KKK was forced to withdraw from public.
(c) Northern whites renewed oversight of the south.
(d) Blacks were kept out of government.

3. What does Rothstein says the U.S. Housing Authority’s (USHA) stated goal was?
(a) Preserving communities.
(b) Integrating communities.
(c) Relocating communities.
(d) Segregating communities.

4. What does Rothstein say the Department of Housing and Urban Development do when the Supreme Court delivered a 1971 decision that said they had to construct projects in predominantly-white neighborhoods?
(a) Built integrated projects.
(b) Changed the names of their developments to provide a sheen of integration.
(c) Stopped building projects.
(d) Built more segregated projects in defiance of the Supreme Court.

5. What is de facto segregation?
(a) Geographical features keeping races apart.
(b) Private decisions keeping races apart.
(c) Government policies keeping races apart.
(d) White supremacist threats keeping races apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was demolished to make way for the first PWA development?

2. What does Rothstein say the FHA’s appraisal standards included?

3. What is de jure segregation?

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

5. When did the U.S. start building public housing?

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