Correct. The answer is d. Thousands of Americans flooded into Detroit during the 1920s because the Ford automobile factory offered its workers dependable, well-paying jobs. African Americans were particularly attracted by the promise of work that paid well, compared to the dearth of employment—outside of sharecropping—available to them in the South.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Thousands of Americans flooded into Detroit during the 1920s because the Ford automobile factory offered its workers dependable, well-paying jobs. African Americans were particularly attracted by the promise of work that paid well, compared to the dearth of employment—outside of sharecropping—available to them in the South.

Correct. The answer is b. To get around the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1917, which forbade local governments from requiring segregated housing, white homeowners used a variety of different extralegal methods to prevent African American families from moving into their neighborhoods. These methods included homeowners adding restrictive covenants to property deeds (which forbid any present or future owner from selling the home to a black family), real estate agents refusing to show houses in white neighborhoods to black families, and banks refusing to give black families mortgages for homes in white neighborhoods. If all these methods failed, white homeowners targeted black families with violence in an attempt to force them out of the neighborhood.

Incorrect. The answer is b. To get around the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1917, which forbade local governments from requiring segregated housing, white homeowners used a variety of different extralegal methods to prevent African American families from moving into their neighborhoods. These methods included homeowners adding restrictive covenants to property deeds (which forbid any present or future owner from selling the home to a black family), real estate agents refusing to show houses in white neighborhoods to black families, and banks refusing to give black families mortgages for homes in white neighborhoods. If all these methods failed, white homeowners targeted black families with violence in an attempt to force them out of the neighborhood.

Correct. The answer is c. Dr. Sweet’s Detroit medical practice flourished in the early 1920s, and he saved up enough money to buy a home for his wife and daughter. However, Sweet did not want to settle his family in the black neighborhood, Black Bottom, because it was congested, dirty, and rat-infested. As Sweet’s brother said, “He just wanted to bring up his little girl in good surroundings.”

Incorrect. The answer is c. Dr. Sweet’s Detroit medical practice flourished in the early 1920s, and he saved up enough money to buy a home for his wife and daughter. However, Sweet did not want to settle his family in the black neighborhood, Black Bottom, because it was congested, dirty, and rat-infested. As Sweet’s brother said, “He just wanted to bring up his little girl in good surroundings.”

Correct. The answer is a. As soon as they moved into their new home, the Sweets were targeted by violence, in which a mob of hundreds of white men threw rocks, broke windows, and yelled that they would send the Sweets back where they belonged. This experience illustrated how, when white homeowners were unable to use extralegal means to prevent black families from moving into their neighborhoods (such as signing restrictive covenants), they often turned to acts of violence.

Incorrect. The answer is a. As soon as they moved into their new home, the Sweets were targeted by violence, in which a mob of hundreds of white men threw rocks, broke windows, and yelled that they would send the Sweets back where they belonged. This experience illustrated how, when white homeowners were unable to use extralegal means to prevent black families from moving into their neighborhoods (such as signing restrictive covenants), they often turned to acts of violence.

Correct. The answer is c. Darrow told the jury that the Sweets and their friends had simply been defending themselves from violence. He argued that “every man has a right to kill to defend himself or his family, or others, either in defense of the home, or in defense of themselves.” Implicit in Darrow’s argument was the fact that it was unjust to arrest eleven black men for a death committed in self-defense, while no white men were arrested for the mob violence they committed against the Sweets and their friends.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Darrow told the jury that the Sweets and their friends had simply been defending themselves from violence. He argued that “every man has a right to kill to defend himself or his family, or others, either in defense of the home, or in defense of themselves.” Implicit in Darrow’s argument was the fact that it was unjust to arrest eleven black men for a death committed in self-defense, while no white men were arrested for the mob violence they committed against the Sweets and their friends.