1. Urban sprawl Identifies the cumulative effects of development that is automobile-dependent, inefficient and wasteful of natural resources
a. True
b. false
2. Urban renewal (specifically the Housing Act of I949) was intended to:
a. Clear slums and provide new housing in central city area
b. reduce air pollution in Los Angeles
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
3. The rate of poverty among white children is slightly higher than the rate of poverty among black children
a. True
b. Flase
4. Income inequality in the United States has been declining since the year 2000
a. True
b. Flase
5. A great thing about the United States is that everyone has an equal chance to succeed
a. True
b. False
6. The decline to U.S. manufacturing employment. According to my lectures. has:
a. Contributed to the problem of urban poverty in inner-cities
b. Led to better employment opportunities in the service sector for the urban poor
c. Manufacturing employment has actually increased since 2000
d. All of the above
7. "Jim Crow" refers to
a. laws that separated blacks from whites in the Southern States
b. is the name of the developer who built some of the first residential suburbs in America
c. was the name of the urban renewal programs of the 1950s
d. none of the above
8. The Great Migration refers to
a. The movement of blacks out of the south to northern cities
b. The movement of migrants from South Korea to Los Angeles during the 1960s
c. The movement of migrants from Western Europe from 1900 to 1920
d. None of the above
9. Throughout the 1800s, most of the United States' black population
a. Lived in the South and in rural areas
b. lived in urban areas
c. was relatively wealthier than today
d. was concentrated around northeastern cities
10. Today. African Americans no longer face discrimination when trying to rent or purchase a home.
a. true
b. false.