WorksheetsDecade of Fire: The Decimation of the Bronx
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
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
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
(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
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
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
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
Instead of focusing on government policies, the media represented the Bronx's problems as the result of
Violent, criminal youths
Poor character
Poor hygiene
all of the above
"White Flight" refers to
Whites leaving the neighborhood en masse due to greater ease in obtaining mortgages
Whites leaving the neighborhood because of newly built highways to the suburbs
Whites leaving the neighborhood due to racist beliefs
All of the above
According to the documentary, the cause of the fires was
Redlining
Urban Renewal
White Flight
All of the above
Why were so many buildings being burned in the mid 70s?
It was more lucrative for landlords to collect insurance money than to fix them
It was easy for landlords to pay desperate young people to burn their buildings
Deep government cuts in all social services, indluding fire departments.
All of the above
Why did Vivian Irizarry return to the Bronx after college
To work on tenant organizing and voter registration
A sense of injustice; she had seen how other communities were better resourced
She felt a responsibility to the people of the Bronx
All of the above
The movies "Fort Apache, The Bronx" and "The Warriors" were protested for being
Too realistic
Not including enough violence
Using racist, innaccurate representations of the neighborhood
all of the above
