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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of an effort to prove that Richard Daley's neighbors were intolerant of segregating neighborhoods based on color?
(a) Business owners had the protestors arrested and took law suits against the leaders that organized the protests.
(b) A riot broke out in Mayor Daley's neighborhood and the African-American students were forced to move out after only a few days.
(c) Police opened up fire hoses and scattered the protestors.
(d) The Chicago School Board ignored the requests and kept the students in their assigned schools.

2. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?
(a) He would fly into a purple rage and publicly humilate those who proposed them.
(b) He sent them to a subcomittee where they eventually die.
(c) He would contemplete them carefully upon their merits.
(d) He would send his Chief of Staff to the council member to coerce his/her silence.

3. What organizations gave Richard Daley his most loyal support?
(a) Law enforcement agencies.
(b) Public schools.
(c) Labor unions.
(d) Bowling leagues.

4. With whom did Richard Daley become most upset during the time of growing racial conflict?
(a) President Kennedy.
(b) Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(c) Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King.
(d) Civil Rights lawyer William Kunstler.

5. How did most Chicagoans consider the corruption within the department?
(a) A natural part of Chicago.
(b) An increasing number of voters attempted to register as Republican.
(c) The became accustomed to ethnic neighborhoods to be the consequence of human nature.
(d) They realized that selling and buying property in Chicago was more costly than it was worth, so the market dried up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?

2. What finally forced Richard Daley to hear the demands of Martin Luther King?

3. What nickname did Richard Daley earn while national attention was focused on Chicago?

4. What is a campaign tactic that Richard Daley used against all of his election opponents?

5. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?

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