Ohio Civics Essential: Answers to Racial Inequalities Quiz

In 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the state’s school fund system:

____ Needed to be changed

____ Over-relied on federal subsidies

____ Violated the Ohio Constitution

____ Lacked Congressional oversight

__X__ Both a and c

____ Both b and d

Ohio was a slave state when established in 1803 but changed to a non-slave state in 1851.

 

  ____ True

 
  __X__ False

What percentage of federally backed home mortgages went to whites between 1934-1968?

 ____ 68%

 ____ 78%

 ____ 88%

 __X__ 98%

From 1910-1970, 6 million Blacks migrated from the South to northern states.

 __X__ True

               ____ False
   
The practice of redlining involves:

                ____ City officials marking red lines on homes owned by Blacks

                __X__ Real estate agents and banks steering Blacks out of middle-class neighborhoods
 
                ____ Congress writing discriminatory laws with red ink
 
                ____ Housing developers racially integrating new subdivisions