24.C: Housing Segregation in Chicago

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13 questions

24.C: Housing Segregation in Chicago

Last updated over 1 year ago

13 questions

Use the article we read in class to help you answer these questions. butt

Were you absent or lost your article? Here's the online version. 

What is the reason the article gives to explain why Chicago's South Side is "the cultural capital of Black America"?

Provide two details about the woman being interviewed for this article, Natalie Y. Moore:

1. _______ 
2. _______ 

What was the thing that kept Black migrants in Chicago away from white neighborhoods?

Where did Carl Hansberry buy a house in 1937, and what was so revolutionary about this?

What does the article mean in paragraph 8 when it says, "the way [Lorraine Hansberry] wrote it is much milder than it played out in her family life"?

How was Lorraine Hansberry's life put in danger by white people when she was younger?

Ultimately, what allowed the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the Hansberry family and allow them to stay in their house?

The article uses the term "white flight" in paragraph 10 to describe what happened in Chicago's South Side after the Supreme Court ruling.

In your own words, explain what white flight is.

Between 1950 and 1970, how did the demographics of the South Side change?

In America, what is the surest way to create wealth?

How are the demographics of the city different from the demographics of the students in Chicago Public Schools?

Why do you think there are hardly any white school-aged children living in Chicago?

Based on your reading of this article, how do you think housing segregation in Chicago has led to the neglect of the South Side? 

Thesis (remember: don't use terms like "I think," "I believe," or "In my opinion"):  _______ 

Evidence from the article (use quotation marks!): _______ 

Evidence from the article (use quotation marks!): _______

24.C: Housing Segregation in Chicago

24.C: Housing Segregation in Chicago

Use the article we read in class to help you answer these questions. butt

Were you absent or lost your article? Here's the online version.

What is the reason the article gives to explain why Chicago's South Side is "the cultural capital of Black America"?

What was the thing that kept Black migrants in Chicago away from white neighborhoods?

Where did Carl Hansberry buy a house in 1937, and what was so revolutionary about this?

What does the article mean in paragraph 8 when it says, "the way [Lorraine Hansberry] wrote it is much milder than it played out in her family life"?

How was Lorraine Hansberry's life put in danger by white people when she was younger?

Ultimately, what allowed the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the Hansberry family and allow them to stay in their house?

The article uses the term "white flight" in paragraph 10 to describe what happened in Chicago's South Side after the Supreme Court ruling. In your own words, explain what white flight is.

Between 1950 and 1970, how did the demographics of the South Side change?

In America, what is the surest way to create wealth?

How are the demographics of the city different from the demographics of the students in Chicago Public Schools?

Why do you think there are hardly any white school-aged children living in Chicago?

Use the article we read in class to help you answer these questions. butt

Were you absent or lost your article? Here's the online version.

What is the reason the article gives to explain why Chicago's South Side is "the cultural capital of Black America"?

What was the thing that kept Black migrants in Chicago away from white neighborhoods?

Where did Carl Hansberry buy a house in 1937, and what was so revolutionary about this?

What does the article mean in paragraph 8 when it says, "the way [Lorraine Hansberry] wrote it is much milder than it played out in her family life"?

How was Lorraine Hansberry's life put in danger by white people when she was younger?

Ultimately, what allowed the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the Hansberry family and allow them to stay in their house?

The article uses the term "white flight" in paragraph 10 to describe what happened in Chicago's South Side after the Supreme Court ruling. In your own words, explain what white flight is.

Between 1950 and 1970, how did the demographics of the South Side change?

In America, what is the surest way to create wealth?

How are the demographics of the city different from the demographics of the students in Chicago Public Schools?

Why do you think there are hardly any white school-aged children living in Chicago?

The article uses the term "white flight" in paragraph 10 to describe what happened in Chicago's South Side after the Supreme Court ruling.

In your own words, explain what white flight is.

The article uses the term "white flight" in paragraph 10 to describe what happened in Chicago's South Side after the Supreme Court ruling.

In your own words, explain what white flight is.