PBI Quiz: Making History

PBI Quiz: LA CITY COUNCIL: HOW THINGS WORK

Making History

Ellen Shiau, Ph.D. & Randi Aho

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1. Which of the following is true of the 44 founders of El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Ángeles, which would become the City of Los Angeles?

Over half of the founders had African ancestry.

All the founders had African ancestry.

One of the founders had African ancestry.

None of the founders had African ancestry.

2. What was the name of the 1963 California legislation signed by Gov. Pat Brown that addressed racial discrimination in housing?

The Burns-Porter Act

The Donahoe Act

The Fair Practices Act

The Rumford Act

3. Which voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999 and is the most senior of the 61 U.S. House of Representatives members who identify as Black?

Rep. Yvette Clarke

Rep. Maxine Waters

Rep. Joyce Beatty

Rep. Alma Adams

4. Dr. James M. Rosser was:

The first African-American mayor of Los Angeles.

The first African-American legislator in California.

The first African-American president to lead Cal State LA.

The first African-American president in the CSU system.

5. Altadena residents are grieving the loss of their rich and historically diverse community due to the Eaton Fire. What historic discriminatory housing practice led Black and other minority households to seek homeownership in communities like Altadena?

Rent control

Gentrification

Redlining

Rent seeking

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