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Urban Renewal
Civil Rights
Politics
Housing
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A process of redevelopment in which old or decaying urban areas are replaced.
What is urban renewal?
100
This case outlawed segregation in public schools.
What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?
100
Marion Barry was very popular among some, especially African Americans. Despite significant leadership accomplishments, he was also convicted of drug use.
Who dominated politics in the 1980s and 90s, and why was he controversial?
100
Government buildings and new houses.
What kinds of new buildings were constructed in Southwest dc under urban renewal projects?
100
The latter refers to the city alone, while the former refers to the city plus the surrounding areas.
How is "Metropolitan Washington" different from "Washington, DC"?
200
Because it meant that their housing would be torn down in and replaced by more expensive housing.
Why did some residents resist plans for urban renewal?
200
This case outlawed racial housing covenants, which restricted owners from selling their homes to black buyers.
Why was Hurd v. Hodge an important legal case?
200
The right of a local area to govern its own affairs. Dc has not always had it, because Congress has had authority to govern the city.
What is home rule, and why has it been an ongoing issue in the District of Columbia?
200
A term for improving the housing conditions in run-down urban areas. It makes the areas nicer, but often displaces longtime residents.
What is gentrification?
200
White flight -- as black people moved into the city, white people left to live in the suburbs
Why did the District population decline while the Metropolitan population grew?
300
Urban renewal did not succeed in these neighborhoods, because residents successfully protested against it.
What happened to urban renewal efforts in the Adams Morgan and Shaw neighborhoods?
300
This is a term for a tactic used by real estate agents to scare white owners into selling low by telling them that blacks were about to move in, and then re-selling those same homes to black families at inflated prices
What is blockbusting?
300
Established home rule in the District of Columbia
What is the significance of the 1974 election?
300
Crack cocaine, and accompanying crime, swept the nation -- not only the District of Columbia
Why did the city see crime increase during the 1980s and 1990s, and why was the crime problem so difficult to solve?
400
They gave low income residents a place to live in relative comfort, but they became centers of poverty, crime, and drug use.
What were the benefits and drawbacks of low-income housing developments?
400
African Americans who had fought in World War 2 were disillusioned and disappointed to return home to inequality after fighting for high ideals in Europe.
How did World War II influence the struggle for Civil Rights?
400
A proposed constitutional amendment that would have given DC full voting representation in Congress. It failed to be ratified.
What was the DC Voting Rights Amendment, and what was the outcome of that effort?
400
The rising cost of living, along with urban renewal and gentrification, meant that many people could no longer afford their homes. Also, changes in the mental health system meant that many formerly hospitalized patients were released.
Why did homelessness become more visible in the 1970s?
500
Residents in this quadrant protested against urban renewal and sued in court, but they did not succeed in preventing the renewal.
How did opponents seek to prevent urban renewal in Southwest DC? What was the result?
500
a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, with voting representation in Congress and full control over local affairs.
What is the Statehood movement?