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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Local Tactics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Rothstein say the Supreme Court overturned its 1883 decision?
(a) 1968.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1986.

2. Where did Leroy Mereday’s son, Robert, make his career?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Shipbuilding.
(c) Construction.
(d) Hostelry.

3. When was it that the first city concentrated blacks in neighborhoods based on race?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1904.

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

5. What does Rothstein say was the first consequence of black families moving into whites neighborhoods through blockbusting?
(a) Prices went down slightly.
(b) Prices went down steeply.
(c) Prices remained constant.
(d) Prices went up.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rothstein say the FHA did to segregation in housing?

3. Why did Bob Jones University lose its tax-exempt status in 1976?

4. Where does Rothstein say Langston Hughes grew up?

5. Where did the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) find financing for an integrated development?

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