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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work does Rothstein say black families were largely forced to take after Reconstruction?
(a) Shipbuilding.
(b) Soldiering.
(c) Sharecropping.
(d) Industrial labor.

2. What does Rothstein say police knew of, and ignored, in the rioters at Bill Myers’ house?
(a) White supremacist ties.
(b) Plans to lynch Myers.
(c) Racial animus.
(d) Ties to the local police chief.

3. How does Rothstein characterize the roles that were open to African-American workers?
(a) Leadership.
(b) Management.
(c) Menial.
(d) Skilled.

4. What makes Rothstein say that real estate agents engaged in blockbusting were engaging in de jure segregation?
(a) They were appointed by the government.
(b) They were licensed by state real estate boards.
(c) They were advocating public policies that supported their trade.
(d) They swore an oath to uphold the non-discrimination local laws.

5. How does Rothstein say the IRS abetted segregation?
(a) By eliminating tax-exempt status for organizations that fought segregation.
(b) By preserving tax-exempt status of organizations that fostered segregation.
(c) By auditing organizations that sought to build integrated housing.
(d) By penalizing black families for living in majority-white neighborhoods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rothstein say real estate agents were not required to do?

2. What right did the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 give to unions?

3. Where was David Bohannon a developer after World War II?

4. Why was Stuyvesant Town not integrated, even though New York state forced the development to admit African Americans?

5. What does Rothstein say African Americans got after the Civil War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rothstein examine the wage suppression of African Americans?

2. How were African Americans denied the right to collectively bargain for better wages?

3. How does Rothstein say tax policy was abused to the detriment of African Americans?

4. How has appreciation affected the wealth disparity between black and white families in America?

5. What is Rothstein’s first suggestion for reforming our country to address systemic racism?

6. What steps does Rothstein say the real estate industry could take to remedy years of structural injustice?

7. What does Rothstein say was the IRS’ role in promoting segregation?

8. What role did the federal government play in the riot outside Bill Myers’ house in Levittown in Pennsylvania?

9. What strategies does Rothstein say whites used to keep black wages down?

10. What does Rothstein say was the fate of George Romney’s attempts at integration in 1970?

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