Question 6 • RMA FL-2100310-United States History Semester 2
How did segregation, redlining, and blockbusting lead to unequal wealth after the war? People in cities lived more closely together and shared resources.Highways built in city centers helped inner-city businesses by bringing more customers.African American families could not buy homes where their investments would grow more quickly.Black-owned businesses thrived by serving those who could not be served in white-owned shops.
Answer
A
People in cities lived more closely together and shared resources.
B
Highways built in city centers helped inner-city businesses by bringing more customers.
C
African American families could not buy homes where their investments would grow more quickly.
D
Black-owned businesses thrived by serving those who could not be served in white-owned shops.
Explanation
Segregation and redlining restricted where African American families could live and kept them from getting fair access to mortgages and homes in neighborhoods where property values rose. Blockbusting exploited racial prejudice to encourage white residents to sell, often at a loss, while Black families were charged more. Because homeownership was a major way families built wealth after the war, these practices contributed to unequal wealth. The correct choice is “African American families could not buy homes where their investments would grow more quickly.”
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