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Chapter 8 Student Quiz
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In the 1930s to the 1960s, homeowners could legally exclude people of color from their neighborhoods.
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Suburbs were designed to promote racial integration.
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Wealth inequalities between blacks and whites have decreased between 1984 and 2009.
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Subprime loans are a part of discriminatory lending practices.
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Wealth differences can be explained by differences in spending behavior.
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The most influential factor in wealth accumulation is years of homeownership.
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The foreclosure and economic crisis before and shortly after 2008 more negatively impacted blacks and Latino communities than white communities in a variety of ways.
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Blacks and whites inherit money from their families at different rates.
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Blacks are more likely than whites to receive job benefits like retirement contributions.
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Racial segregation in cities emerged from purposeful policies and actions.
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Children from segregated poor neighborhoods are less likely to complete high school and get steady employment.
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The dissimilarity index and isolation index are measures of segregation.
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Fill in the blank: __________ percent of Americans own almost half of the wealth of the country
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Fill in the blank: Today, most cities in the United States are __________ segregated than in the nineteenth century.
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Through the process of steering, real estate agents show homes in white neighborhoods to blacks and Latinos.
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