Question 1

A large number of whites moving from New York City into the whites-only suburb of Levittown on Long Island following World War II is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) deurbanization 
B) white fight 
C) white flight 
D) deindustrialization 
A) deurbanization 
B) white fight 
C) white flight 
D) deindustrialization

Question 2

Based on the chart below,"Diversity Experiences in Each Group's Typical Neighborhood,2010," which racial/ethnic group is most likely to live in a segregated neighborhood?

Accepted Answer

A) whites 
B) blacks 
C) Hispanics 
D) Asians 
A) whites 
B) blacks 
C) Hispanics 
D) Asians

Question 3

Name and describe three legal methods that were used to prevent neighborhood integration and homeownership by nonwhites prior to the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary and should include the

Question 4

Which of the following terms is used to describe real estate agents who preyed upon whites' fears of integration by hiring people of color to appear as if they had moved into a traditionally white neighborhood,in an attempt to get white families to sell their homes for under-market value?

Accepted Answer

A) marginality agents 
B) redlining agents 
C) blockbusting agents 
D) covenant agents 
A) marginality agents 
B) redlining agents 
C) blockbusting agents 
D) covenant agents

Question 5

What were the aims of U.S.government relocation programs targeted at Native Americans following World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) The government wanted to move Native Americans back to tribal land because whites felt economically threatened. 
B) The government wanted to move Native Americans to urban centers to advance assimilation and tribal dissolution. 
C) The government wanted to move Native Americans off of tribal lands and onto rural farmland to stimulate agricultural production and facilitate tribal dissolution. 
D) The government wanted to move Native Americans back to tribal land to allow them to reclaim their tribal traditions and identity. 
A) The government wanted to move Native Americans back to tribal land because whites felt economically threatened. 
B) The government wanted to move Native Americans to urban centers to advance assimilation and tribal dissolution. 
C) The government wanted to move Native Americans off of tribal lands and onto rural farmland to stimulate agricultural production and facilitate tribal dissolution. 
D) The government wanted to move Native Americans back to tribal land to allow them to reclaim their tribal traditions and identity.

Question 6

For which racial/ethnic group is environmental racism one of the most pressing issues?

Accepted Answer

A) Hispanics 
B) Asians 
C) whites 
D) Native Americans 
A) Hispanics 
B) Asians 
C) whites 
D) Native Americans

Question 7

How did urban development projects immediately following World War II affect housing opportunities for nonwhites?

Accepted Answer

A) It gave them the opportunity to live in new,quality housing in the urban center. 
B) It evicted many from their homes,forcing them into overcrowded slums. 
C) It pushed them to the suburbs,but without access to public transportation. 
D) It pushed them into white neighborhoods,resulting in integration. 
A) It gave them the opportunity to live in new,quality housing in the urban center. 
B) It evicted many from their homes,forcing them into overcrowded slums. 
C) It pushed them to the suburbs,but without access to public transportation. 
D) It pushed them into white neighborhoods,resulting in integration.

Question 8

Which of the following terms pertains to neighborhoods marked by severe spatial and social segregation and by an amputation from America's economic prosperity,national security,collective imagination and memory,and state services?

Accepted Answer

A) spatial assimilation thesis 
B) advanced marginality 
C) ethnic community thesis 
D) degree of segregation 
A) spatial assimilation thesis 
B) advanced marginality 
C) ethnic community thesis 
D) degree of segregation

Question 9

A realtor that shows an upper-class black family homes in only black neighborhoods is guilty of what practice?

Accepted Answer

A) steering 
B) redlining 
C) covenant deeds 
D) blockbusting 
A) steering 
B) redlining 
C) covenant deeds 
D) blockbusting

Question 10

What is the social force driving the transformation of the racial makeup of many majority-white small towns?

Accepted Answer

A) immigration 
B) deindustrialization 
C) environmental racism 
D) whites moving into city centers 
A) immigration 
B) deindustrialization 
C) environmental racism 
D) whites moving into city centers

Question 11

What has been a consequence of cities renovating central-city areas to entice upper-class individuals and families?

Accepted Answer

A) the ability of more lower-income families to live in the suburbs and raise their standard of living 
B) poor families being pushed to the suburbs,cut off from employment opportunities and services 
C) upper-class individuals and families seeing a decrease in their standard of living 
D) suburbs growing at the fastest rate since in the 1950s 
A) the ability of more lower-income families to live in the suburbs and raise their standard of living 
B) poor families being pushed to the suburbs,cut off from employment opportunities and services 
C) upper-class individuals and families seeing a decrease in their standard of living 
D) suburbs growing at the fastest rate since in the 1950s

Question 12

Which of the following were findings of the Detroit Area Survey?

Accepted Answer

A) The majority of black respondents said their ideal neighborhood was 50 percent black and 50 percent white,while 84 percent of white respondents said they would not enter such a neighborhood. 
B) The majority of black respondents said their ideal neighborhood was 75 percent black and 25 percent white,and white respondents preferred a neighborhood that was 50 percent white and 50 percent black. 
C) The majority of white respondents said their ideal neighborhood was one with 50 percent black and 50 percent white residents,and a majority of black respondents said they would not feel comfortable entering such a neighborhood. 
D) The majority of black respondents would move away from a neighborhood that was 50 percent white and 50 percent black,while whites would prefer to move to this type of neighborhood. 
A) The majority of black respondents said their ideal neighborhood was 50 percent black and 50 percent white,while 84 percent of white respondents said they would not enter such a neighborhood. 
B) The majority of black respondents said their ideal neighborhood was 75 percent black and 25 percent white,and white respondents preferred a neighborhood that was 50 percent white and 50 percent black. 
C) The majority of white respondents said their ideal neighborhood was one with 50 percent black and 50 percent white residents,and a majority of black respondents said they would not feel comfortable entering such a neighborhood. 
D) The majority of black respondents would move away from a neighborhood that was 50 percent white and 50 percent black,while whites would prefer to move to this type of neighborhood.

Question 13

A settlement located near agricultural fields consisting of dilapidated shacks,low-cost housing,and inhabited primarily by U.S.citizens and migrant farm workers is an example of a:

Accepted Answer

A) colonia 
B) bracero 
C) barrio 
D) reservation 
A) colonia 
B) bracero 
C) barrio 
D) reservation

Question 14

In the 1920s and 1930s,why did some recent immigrants,such as Germans and Irish,leave the slum and assimilate into the American mainstream but others,such as the Chinese,did not?

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese immigrants had their businesses near the slums. 
B) Chinese immigrants did not work as hard as the Germans and Irish to move out of the slums. 
C) Laws and customs,based on the "racial uniform" did not allow the Chinese to live anywhere else. 
D) Chinese immigrants preferred to live in the slums with their extended families. 
A) Chinese immigrants had their businesses near the slums. 
B) Chinese immigrants did not work as hard as the Germans and Irish to move out of the slums. 
C) Laws and customs,based on the "racial uniform" did not allow the Chinese to live anywhere else. 
D) Chinese immigrants preferred to live in the slums with their extended families.

Question 15

According to the textbook,roughly 25 percent of black and Latino families renting their homes spend at least what percent of their income on housing?

Accepted Answer

A) 33 percent 
B) 45 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 50 percent 
A) 33 percent 
B) 45 percent 
C) 75 percent 
D) 50 percent

Question 16

Who benefits from environmental racism?

Accepted Answer

A) Native Americans living on reservations 
B) small business owners located in rural areas 
C) those that have enough wealth to live away from polluting sites 
D) those that live in sparsely populated counties 
A) Native Americans living on reservations 
B) small business owners located in rural areas 
C) those that have enough wealth to live away from polluting sites 
D) those that live in sparsely populated counties

Question 17

As of 2010,which racial/ethnic group had the biggest percentage of its members living in the suburbs?

Accepted Answer

A) blacks 
B) Asians 
C) whites 
D) Hispanics 
A) blacks 
B) Asians 
C) whites 
D) Hispanics

Question 18

Towns that hung signs reading "Whites Only within City Limits after Dark" were known as:

Accepted Answer

A) Jim Crow towns 
B) suburbs 
C) ghettos 
D) sundown towns 
A) Jim Crow towns 
B) suburbs 
C) ghettos 
D) sundown towns

Question 19

What does Massey's spatial assimilation thesis say about ethnic enclaves?

Accepted Answer

A) They are used by new immigrants to get economically established and improve their English skills before moving to a place with a higher standard of living. 
B) They are sought out by new and old immigrants to create a self-segregated community in the United States,celebrating the same holidays,eating the same food,and speaking their native language. 
C) Immigrants are forced into ethnic enclaves due to a lack of affordable housing opportunities,and these enclaves prevent new immigrants from ever getting ahead and moving out. 
D) Immigrants self-select into enclaves and exhibit no interest in leaving these underprivileged neighborhoods because the enclaves feel like their native country. 
A) They are used by new immigrants to get economically established and improve their English skills before moving to a place with a higher standard of living. 
B) They are sought out by new and old immigrants to create a self-segregated community in the United States,celebrating the same holidays,eating the same food,and speaking their native language. 
C) Immigrants are forced into ethnic enclaves due to a lack of affordable housing opportunities,and these enclaves prevent new immigrants from ever getting ahead and moving out. 
D) Immigrants self-select into enclaves and exhibit no interest in leaving these underprivileged neighborhoods because the enclaves feel like their native country.

Question 20

What is one way the Federal Housing Administration contributed to the exclusion of nonwhites from the private housing market?

Accepted Answer

A) loan denial to nonwhites 
B) increased rent in city apartments 
C) property deeds 
D) urban renewal projects 
A) loan denial to nonwhites 
B) increased rent in city apartments 
C) property deeds 
D) urban renewal projects

A large number of whites moving from New York City into the whites-only suburb of Levittown on Long Island following World War II is an example of:

Based on the chart below,"Diversity Experiences in Each Group's Typical Neighborhood,2010," which racial/ethnic group is most likely to live in a segregated neighborhood?

Name and describe three legal methods that were used to prevent neighborhood integration and homeownership by nonwhites prior to the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

Which of the following terms is used to describe real estate agents who preyed upon whites' fears of integration by hiring people of color to appear as if they had moved into a traditionally white neighborhood,in an attempt to get white families to sell their homes for under-market value?

What were the aims of U.S.government relocation programs targeted at Native Americans following World War II?

For which racial/ethnic group is environmental racism one of the most pressing issues?

How did urban development projects immediately following World War II affect housing opportunities for nonwhites?

Which of the following terms pertains to neighborhoods marked by severe spatial and social segregation and by an amputation from America's economic prosperity,national security,collective imagination and memory,and state services?

A realtor that shows an upper-class black family homes in only black neighborhoods is guilty of what practice?

What is the social force driving the transformation of the racial makeup of many majority-white small towns?

What has been a consequence of cities renovating central-city areas to entice upper-class individuals and families?

Which of the following were findings of the Detroit Area Survey?

A settlement located near agricultural fields consisting of dilapidated shacks,low-cost housing,and inhabited primarily by U.S.citizens and migrant farm workers is an example of a:

In the 1920s and 1930s,why did some recent immigrants,such as Germans and Irish,leave the slum and assimilate into the American mainstream but others,such as the Chinese,did not?

According to the textbook,roughly 25 percent of black and Latino families renting their homes spend at least what percent of their income on housing?

Who benefits from environmental racism?

As of 2010,which racial/ethnic group had the biggest percentage of its members living in the suburbs?

Towns that hung signs reading "Whites Only within City Limits after Dark" were known as:

What does Massey's spatial assimilation thesis say about ethnic enclaves?

What is one way the Federal Housing Administration contributed to the exclusion of nonwhites from the private housing market?

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Exam 5: Housing

A large number of whites moving from New York City into the whites-only suburb of Levittown on Long Island following World War II is an example of:

Based on the chart below,"Diversity Experiences in Each Group's Typical Neighborhood,2010," which racial/ethnic group is most likely to live in a segregated neighborhood?

Name and describe three legal methods that were used to prevent neighborhood integration and homeownership by nonwhites prior to the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

Which of the following terms is used to describe real estate agents who preyed upon whites' fears of integration by hiring people of color to appear as if they had moved into a traditionally white neighborhood,in an attempt to get white families to sell their homes for under-market value?

What were the aims of U.S.government relocation programs targeted at Native Americans following World War II?

For which racial/ethnic group is environmental racism one of the most pressing issues?

How did urban development projects immediately following World War II affect housing opportunities for nonwhites?

Which of the following terms pertains to neighborhoods marked by severe spatial and social segregation and by an amputation from America's economic prosperity,national security,collective imagination and memory,and state services?

A realtor that shows an upper-class black family homes in only black neighborhoods is guilty of what practice?

What is the social force driving the transformation of the racial makeup of many majority-white small towns?

What has been a consequence of cities renovating central-city areas to entice upper-class individuals and families?

Which of the following were findings of the Detroit Area Survey?

A settlement located near agricultural fields consisting of dilapidated shacks,low-cost housing,and inhabited primarily by U.S.citizens and migrant farm workers is an example of a:

In the 1920s and 1930s,why did some recent immigrants,such as Germans and Irish,leave the slum and assimilate into the American mainstream but others,such as the Chinese,did not?

According to the textbook,roughly 25 percent of black and Latino families renting their homes spend at least what percent of their income on housing?

Who benefits from environmental racism?

As of 2010,which racial/ethnic group had the biggest percentage of its members living in the suburbs?

Towns that hung signs reading "Whites Only within City Limits after Dark" were known as:

What does Massey's spatial assimilation thesis say about ethnic enclaves?

What is one way the Federal Housing Administration contributed to the exclusion of nonwhites from the private housing market?

Race in the Twenty-First Century

The Invention of Race

Politics

Economics

Crime and Punishment

Education

Aesthetics

Associations

Intimate Life

Toward Racial Democracy

Filters