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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to honest officials in the department that became troublesome for Richard Daley?
(a) Code enforcement personnel with the responsibility to provide housing access were beaten up and taken to the outskirts of Chicago.
(b) Ward committeemen who refused to cheat lost their positions and discredited within the Cook County Democrat Party.
(c) Honest policemen are placed in desk jobs, passed over for promotions, and are isolated from important activities.
(d) Code enforcement and real estate agents who tried to blow the whistle had false information on their finances published and were chased out of their departments or businesses.

2. Why did Richard Daley claim he made the moves that he did with the 1970 scandal involving public officials?
(a) He believed that Chicago was not ready for reform.
(b) He said that he controlled City Hall and could do what he wanted with its money.
(c) He said that he controlled the Cook County Democrat Party and could do what he wanted with its money.
(d) He said that he had worked hard all his life and was interested in spending more time with family and friends.

3. What did the response of contenders for the 1972 Democrat Presidential Nomination signify to Richard Daley?
(a) His power had a regional influence.
(b) His power was alive and well.
(c) His power was limited to Chicago.
(d) His power was appreciated by Republicans.

4. How did Richard Daley diffuse the 1970 scandal involving the public officials?
(a) Daley claimed to repay the Cook County Democratic campaign funds.
(b) He hired a political adviser who guided him in responding to claims he was losing his mental edge.
(c) Daley claimed to repay the public funds from his bank account.
(d) Daley transfered a few police commanders and vowed to reform the department.

5. How did Richard Daley handle complaints against his department heads?
(a) He blamed federal restrictions against the sovereignty of cities to act on its problems.
(b) He ignored the complaints with the knowledge that the machine would take care of all problems.
(c) He took personal responsibility noting that the appointments were his alone.
(d) Daley played the innocent game and deferred complaints to the Department heads.

6. Who among the front runners for the 1972 Democrat presidential nomination called Richard Daley on his victory for his fifth term?
(a) According to Daley, "All of them."
(b) According to The Minneapolis Star, "Hubert Humphrey."
(c) According to The Chicago Tribune, "Edmund Muskie."
(d) According to the Washington Post, "Richard Nixon."

7. How did segregation aid the Democratic political machine in Chicago?
(a) If blacks were allowed to move into white neighborhoods, the whites would be enraged, withdraw its political support for the party in power, and the Machine would collapse.
(b) Segregation helped the Cook County Democratic Central Committee know which votes to count and which to hold back.
(c) Segregated precincts helped the Cook County Democratic Central Committee know where to apply pressure.
(d) Segregated neighborhoods helped Mayor Daley know where to focus patronage.

8. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?
(a) Daley's harsh law enforcement tactics and racial tension.
(b) Inadequate housing and bans against African-Americans in Chicago's labor unions.
(c) The increasing taxes on property and regulations against businesses.
(d) Increasing federal intrusion and insufficient education funding.

9. Who did Richard Daley run as Democrat candidate for Cook County Sheriff in 1971?
(a) Former Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(b) Vito Marzullo.
(c) Ben Adamowski.
(d) Richard Elrod.

10. What police action against a public gathering became a precursor to the Democratic National Convention?
(a) Peace marchers ignored police orders to disperse and were beaten, maced, and arrested.
(b) McCarthy's antiwar supporters pledged to disrupt the convention if McCarthy was not nominated.
(c) Dr. King's assassination caused discontent within African-American delegations to the Convention.
(d) Supporters of Senator Kennedy refused to pledge their support to any other candidate.

11. How did Richard Daley's selection for the 1970 Cook County Sheriff's race show in the election?
(a) Adamowski disappeared mysteriously before the election.
(b) Elrod won easily.
(c) Wilson decided to withdraw before the election was held.
(d) Marzullo ran a poor race and was narrowly defeated.

12. What motivated racial violence to intensify?
(a) A firetruck with all white fireman ran over a black woman and killed her.
(b) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(c) The bodies of three civil rights volunteers were found at a construction site on the outskirts of Chicago.
(d) The hotel for the Los Angeles Dodgers denied rooms to the African-American members of the team.

13. 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.

14. Who did Richard Daley appoint to take care of the 1960 police department scandal?
(a) Orlando Wilson, the nation's brilliant and foremost law enforcement expert and corrupt-free head of the University of California's criminology department.
(b) Jesse Jackson, who had been working very closely with Martin Luther King on civil rights issues.
(c) Adalai Stevenson, who had a highly regarded reputation for integrity in Illinois.
(d) William Kunstler, a lawyer who was a persistent critic of Chicago city government.

15. What event took place in Chicago during April that foretold conflict at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
(a) Senator Bobby Kennedy was assassinated.
(b) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(c) A large peace march was held in Chicago in the Loop area.
(d) Eugene McCarthy's primary victories invigorated the antiwar movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King do when Mayor Daley's actions did not satisfactorily address the problems of segregation?

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

3. What 1960 police department scandal caused great embarrassment for Richard Daley?

4. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?

5. What made this candidate for Cook County Sheriff an attractive choice for the election?

(see the answer keys)

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