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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 label that was given to those who had similar views to Richard Daley in the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) The Liberals.
(b) Young Thugs.
(c) The Neophytes.
(d) New Democrats.

2. How did Richard Daley's day begin and end?
(a) With a ride in his limo.
(b) With a cup of cofee and a blintz.
(c) With a kiss from his wife.
(d) With a police review of his enemies activities.

3. What was Richard Daley's initial response to the 1960 police department scandal?
(a) He began drinking heavily.
(b) He made public attacks against people investigating the charges.
(c) He sequestered himself in his home out of shame.
(d) He stonewalled all investigations.

4. What resulted from the high ranking personnel change that came to Daley at the beginning of his fourth term?
(a) Daley lost his control of the Italian neighborhoods and they started voting Republican.
(b) Police abuse returned to the black neighborhoods.
(c) Daley had a direct connection to federal funding that he used to his political advantage.
(d) Daley was sucked into a legal controversy that marred his remaining years as mayor.

5. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) McCarthy supporters were discounted as irrelevant and Eugene McCarthy quickly faded from the national stage of political influence.
(b) Both political parties recognized that they would have to become more sensitive to demands from civil rights activists.
(c) Middle class and middle aged voters began supporting abuse against antiwar protesters.
(d) The lack of public attention to police abuse of peace marchers allowed Richard Daley to believe that the public was not concerned with their treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Introduction written?

2. What was the first stop that Richard Daley made everyday?

3. How large and what was the make up of the security detail for the 1968 Democratic National convention?

4. After the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, how many people were considered to be more powerful than Richard Daley?

5. What was Richard Daley's response after a commission recommended that the police should treat blacks the same as whites?

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