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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: White Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concept allowed white administrators to perpetuate the injustice of segregation?
(a) The free market.
(b) Caveat emptor.
(c) Free will.
(d) Might makes right.

2. What does Rothstein call the practice of fanning racist fears to drive whites out of their homes to buy the homes cheap and sell them to black families at high prices?
(a) Blockbusting.
(b) Slum clearing.
(c) Race panicking.
(d) Relocation.

3. Where did U.S. housing policy leave many African-American families living?
(a) Scattered throughout the exurbs.
(b) In the suburbs.
(c) Slums.
(d) In the country.

4. How does Rothstein characterize the justifications planning committees used for segregation and discrimination when they knew the Constitutional requirement?
(a) Thin veneer of legalese.
(b) Thinly-disguised lies.
(c) Disingenuous misdirection.
(d) Smoke and mirrors.

5. Where was the idea of the homeowners’ association first put into practice?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Camden, NJ.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were blacks primarily prevented from buying houses?

2. What role did Richmond police play in maintaining segregation?

3. How recently has the U.S. Supreme Court said that de facto segregation is beyond its jurisdiction?

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?

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

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