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

2. When was the second Great Migration that brought black families north?
(a) In the 1920s.
(b) During World War I.
(c) During World War II.
(d) In the 1890s.

3. What does Rothstein say was an obstacle to quick change in the housing market after the passage of the Fair Housing Act?
(a) Police obstruction.
(b) Court challenges.
(c) Slow turnover.
(d) Economic stagnation.

4. Why did it not matter to black families that the courts generally saw through the racial motivations of developers who demolished black or integrated neighborhoods?
(a) The victories did not come with any enforcement mechanism.
(b) The court decisions were just ignored by government officials.
(c) By the time they won, the neighborhoods had been demolished.
(d) The courts offered no recompense and demanded no changes.

5. What should the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Comptroller of the Currency should have done but did not do?
(a) Forced local governments to accept integrated developments.
(b) Sued towns that raised requirements for integrated developments.
(c) Forced the police to suppress move-in riots when black families moved into integrated neighborhoods.
(d) Withdrawn federal support for discriminatory organizations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For whose sake does Rothstein say we should take responsibility for our history?

3. What was the Federal Poverty Limit for a family of three, in 2017 when Rothstein published The Color of Law?

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

5. What order does Rothstein say the police had been given in relation to the riot at Bill Myers’ house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rothstein say caused the fire bombings in Chicago in 1919?

2. What other local tactics does Rothstein describe?

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

4. What complicating variable does Rothstein include in listing the consequences of growing up in poverty?

5. Who does Rothstein say suffers for the segregation black families have faced?

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

7. How does Rothstein characterize the obstacles faced by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in desegregating Richmond, CA?

8. How did cities use slum clearance as a justification for segregation?

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

10. How does Rothstein say wage growth affected African Americans differently than whites?

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