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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did a particular important figure frustrate Richard Daley during the period of protests against segregated neighborhoods?
(a) Police Chief Wilson frustrated Daley because he treated African-American protestors with a light touch, and per their agreement Wilson was the one official Daley could not boss around.
(b) Martin Luther King frustrated Daley because he had no control over Dr. King when he caused bad publicity with his protests.
(c) President Kennedy frustrated Daley because he did little to offer political support during the turmoil.
(d) William Kunstler frustrated Daley because he was continually threatening legal action on the injustices Dr. King publicized.

2. Who was the last elected Chicago Mayor before Richard Daley?
(a) Martin Kennelly.
(b) Vito Marzullo.
(c) Robert Merriam.
(d) Dan Rostenkowski.

3. In what year did Richard Daley earn a position in the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1954.

4. What finally forced Richard Daley to hear the demands of Martin Luther King?
(a) Daley realized that he had to act to assuage the anger in segregated neighborhoods after Dr. King's assassination.
(b) White voters became angry with the turmoil in their neighborhoods.
(c) Daley was impressed with Dr. King's vision from the speech.
(d) The arrest of Dr. King on the false charges threatened to bring down the Democrat Machine if Daley did not act.

5. What event led to the biggest scandal of Richard Daley's second term as mayor?
(a) Three civil rights activists were found beaten to death and buried at a construction site outside of Chicago.
(b) A burglar was arrested.
(c) A former ward committeeman went public with how precincts would routinely, "Vote the graveyard."
(d) The Attorney General of Illinois investigated and took steps to take control of the Real Estate Division of the City of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first unusual decision that Richard Daley made after he was elected mayor?

2. How did segregation aid the Democratic political machine in Chicago?

3. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?

4. What was one of the issues that members of the Democratic Central Committee used to oppose Richard Daley during his campaign to become Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

5. What was the result to Richard Daley from the unusual circumstance of Clarence Wagner dropping out of the contest for Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

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