SYO 4400: EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
According to this weeks reading, the reason that neighborhoods in every metropolitan area in
the country are segregated by race is because of a series of accidents driving prejudice and
personal choices. - ANS False
What was the primary reason the Supreme Court ruled against racial zoning ordinances in
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)? - ANS The ordinances interfered with the rights of property
owners to sell to whomever they wished.
How did Richmond, Virginia, attempt to circumvent the Buchanan ruling while maintaining
racial segregation? - ANS By enforcing a law that prohibited individuals from moving onto a
block where they were not legally allowed to marry the majority of residents.
What was one long-term consequence of the housing policies described in the passage? -
ANS The creation of racial residential patterns that persist today.
How did local governments continue to enforce racial segregation in housing after Buchanan v.
Warley? - ANS They enacted economic zoning laws that indirectly excluded African-
Americans from white neighborhoods.
The study of neighborhoods and health has expanded to include both physical environmental
factors like housing conditions and social factors like violence and connectedness. - ANS True
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, What challenge complicates causal inference in studies on neighborhood effects on health? -
ANS The interrelatedness of factors and the difficulty of conducting controlled experiments
in real-world settings.
Income differences and private discrimination of real estate agents and banks come under the
category of what the Supreme Court called _______ dicrimination - ANS de facto
What distinguishes policies that promote mixed-income neighborhoods from gentrification? -
ANS Mixed-income policies aim to integrate social classes without displacing lower-income
residents, whereas gentrification typically forces them out.
What was the purpose of the "poison pill amendment" proposed by conservatives? - ANS To
introduce integration in public housing, knowing that southern Democrats would withdraw
support and defeat the bill.
Why did the exclusion of African-Americans from homeownership in FHA-supported suburbs
contribute to the racial wealth gap seen today? - ANS It prevented African-Americans from
accumulating generational wealth through home equity, while white families benefited from
rising property values.
Why did conservatives in Congress oppose the public housing bill of 1949? - ANS They
opposed any government involvement in the private housing market.
What justification did the FHA use to support segregation in housing? - ANS That the
presence of African-Americans would cause property values to decline.
Why is the relationship between access to healthy foods and diet or obesity considered
ambiguous in research? - ANS Due to challenges in measuring both the food environment
and actual dietary behaviors.
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VERIFIED ANSWERS. A+ GRADE
2025/2026.
According to this weeks reading, the reason that neighborhoods in every metropolitan area in
the country are segregated by race is because of a series of accidents driving prejudice and
personal choices. - ANS False
What was the primary reason the Supreme Court ruled against racial zoning ordinances in
Buchanan v. Warley (1917)? - ANS The ordinances interfered with the rights of property
owners to sell to whomever they wished.
How did Richmond, Virginia, attempt to circumvent the Buchanan ruling while maintaining
racial segregation? - ANS By enforcing a law that prohibited individuals from moving onto a
block where they were not legally allowed to marry the majority of residents.
What was one long-term consequence of the housing policies described in the passage? -
ANS The creation of racial residential patterns that persist today.
How did local governments continue to enforce racial segregation in housing after Buchanan v.
Warley? - ANS They enacted economic zoning laws that indirectly excluded African-
Americans from white neighborhoods.
The study of neighborhoods and health has expanded to include both physical environmental
factors like housing conditions and social factors like violence and connectedness. - ANS True
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, What challenge complicates causal inference in studies on neighborhood effects on health? -
ANS The interrelatedness of factors and the difficulty of conducting controlled experiments
in real-world settings.
Income differences and private discrimination of real estate agents and banks come under the
category of what the Supreme Court called _______ dicrimination - ANS de facto
What distinguishes policies that promote mixed-income neighborhoods from gentrification? -
ANS Mixed-income policies aim to integrate social classes without displacing lower-income
residents, whereas gentrification typically forces them out.
What was the purpose of the "poison pill amendment" proposed by conservatives? - ANS To
introduce integration in public housing, knowing that southern Democrats would withdraw
support and defeat the bill.
Why did the exclusion of African-Americans from homeownership in FHA-supported suburbs
contribute to the racial wealth gap seen today? - ANS It prevented African-Americans from
accumulating generational wealth through home equity, while white families benefited from
rising property values.
Why did conservatives in Congress oppose the public housing bill of 1949? - ANS They
opposed any government involvement in the private housing market.
What justification did the FHA use to support segregation in housing? - ANS That the
presence of African-Americans would cause property values to decline.
Why is the relationship between access to healthy foods and diet or obesity considered
ambiguous in research? - ANS Due to challenges in measuring both the food environment
and actual dietary behaviors.
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