Decade of Fire: The Decimation of the Bronx

In the 1970s, how many people in the Bronx lost their homes to fire?

• 25

• 25,000

• 250,000

• 250,000,000

Approximately what percentage of housing in the South Bronx was lost to fire in the 1970s

• 10 percent

• 25 percent

• 60 percent

• 80 percent

"A lot of us believe we are still to blame, because that is still the story that is told about the fires". Which two course concepts fit best with this claim?

• Perspective and Representation

• Culture and Transformation

• Identity and creativity

• Communication and Transformation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Vivian Irrizarry is. . .

• An activist in the Bronx who lived through the fires

• One of the film's narrators

• The mother of Antonio

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the 1950s, the Bronx was

• All farmland

• A wasteland of burned down buildings

• A promising neighborhood for Puerto Rican immigrants and African Americans moving from the South

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In the 1950s the Bronx was

• Completely segregated by race

• One of the most racially integrated neighborhoods in American cities

• Mostly white

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

(8-9) According to the narrator, the problems in the neighborhood are due to

• The residents lack self-control

• Government policies based on race

• Pyromaniacs in the neighborhood

• All of the above

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Redlining refers to. . .

• Red lines on maps denoting areas with Puerto Rican and Black populations

• Restricting mortgage loans and insurance in non-white areas

• A policy of discrimination that lowered home values

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Urban Renewal is a government policy that

• Successfully renovated buildings in cities for the poor

• Demolished so-called "slums" and pushed Black and Brown residents out

• Fixed the issue of fires in the Bronx

• none of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How many people were "displaced" by Urban Renewal in Manhattan, resulting in a migration to the Bronx

• 1000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 100,000,000

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