1. Why did the native white population in the large Northern cities see immigrants and blacks as such threats during the twenties? (Prologue)
Many immigrants were refugees from foreign countries who were working people in the U.S.. Native whites treated them as wretched refuse of Europe’s teeming shores.
Whites thought blacks were breed apart, they were frightened in blacks’ volatility, carnality, and their utter incapacity to learn the lessons of civilized society.
In the past, only a few blacks lived in cities, but now they were everywhere alongside decent white people.

2. What led to the emergence of racialized ghettos in large Northern cities?
Urban whites carved a color line through the city.
White shopkeepers prevent blacks from their stores and restaurants.
White landlords wouldn’t show blacks the apartments outside the ghetto.
White real estate agents wouldn’t show the houses in white neighborhoods.
Banks wouldn’t offer them mortgages.
Insurance agents wouldn’t provide them with coverage.
Blacks had to be hidden away in handful neighborhoods, and walled into ghetto.

3. How would you describe the white people who lived on Garland Avenue?(1)
Most of them were natives, and they didn’t have the education. However, they had skills to find solid jobs.
Most of men were working class, women were housewives.
Although families along Garland Ave had many advantages, the stress from mortgages, unexpected assault on income, and sudden recession made they still had to struggle to hold on.

4. What kind of a reception did Ossian Sweet anticipate when he moved into his new home? How do we know this? (1)
Ossian liked the house, but he thought doctors with solid practices and families to rise should live in better neighborhoods.
He saw dangers if they moved here.
We can know this from his memories of whites attacked blacks who had bought