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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did racial conflicts begin to become public in Chicago?
(a) After Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
(b) During the Vietnam War.
(c) During the late 1950s.
(d) During the early 1960s.

2. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Both political parties recognized that they would have to become more sensitive to demands from civil rights activists.
(b) McCarthy supporters were discounted as irrelevant and Eugene McCarthy quickly faded from the national stage of political influence.
(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.

3. What event led to the biggest scandal of Richard Daley's second term as mayor?
(a) A burglar was arrested.
(b) Three civil rights activists were found beaten to death and buried at a construction site outside of Chicago.
(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.

4. Why did a particular important figure frustrate Richard Daley during the period of protests against segregated neighborhoods?
(a) President Kennedy frustrated Daley because he did little to offer political support during the turmoil.
(b) William Kunstler frustrated Daley because he was continually threatening legal action on the injustices Dr. King publicized.
(c) Martin Luther King frustrated Daley because he had no control over Dr. King when he caused bad publicity with his protests.
(d) 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.

5. How was a police action in April of 1968 characterized by observers?
(a) The threats of McCarthy supporters is discounted as an easily handled threat.
(b) The demands of African-American delegates are considered seriously by the Democrat Convention Platform Committee.
(c) The unattached Kennedy delegates inspire political activists of all types to go to Chicago to demonstrate.
(d) It is called a police riot.

6. Who was Richard Daley's opponent during his fourth run for Mayor?
(a) Ben Adamowski.
(b) Orlando Wilson.
(c) Robert Merriam.
(d) John Warner.

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

8. How did the public respond to Richard Daley's response to the outbreaks?
(a) He was harshly criticized for being too closely involved in police department policy.
(b) He was distrusted for the remainder of his time as mayor.
(c) He was applauded for recognizing the influence of civil rights advocates on his administration.
(d) He was criticized to the point that he changed his orders to "minimum force."

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

10. 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) Wilson decided to withdraw before the election was held.
(c) Marzullo ran a poor race and was narrowly defeated.
(d) Elrod won easily.

11. In what year did Richard Daley begin his fifth term?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1970.

12. What happened to Richard Daley's popularity in Chicago after the turmoil of the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) His popularity grew as he was seen as opposing influences considered to be threats to the middle class.
(b) The events around the 1968 convention had no lasting influence as Americans soon focused on the presidential campaign.
(c) Chicagoans became ashamed of Daley's rough treatment and began abandoning his leadership.
(d) He became a negative influence to Democrats seeking high political office.

13. 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) Police opened up fire hoses and scattered the protestors.
(c) The Chicago School Board ignored the requests and kept the students in their assigned schools.
(d) A riot broke out in Mayor Daley's neighborhood and the African-American students were forced to move out after only a few days.

14. What happened on Richard Daley's 68th birthday?
(a) City employees gave Daley a big party that was visited by high-ranking Democrats from across the country.
(b) A grand jury published a report that indicted police for abuse during a raid on a West Side residence where two Black Panther leaders were killed.
(c) He spent a quiet evening in seclusion with his family.
(d) The Democratic Central Committee gave Daley and his wife a trip to the Bahamas.

15. How widely regarded was Richard Daley's victory for his fifth term regarded?
(a) Within the Cook County Democrat Party.
(b) Throughout the state of Illinois.
(c) All the way to Washington, D.C.
(d) Very few people noticed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Richard Daley convince to hold the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

2. What were the results of the election leading to Richard Daley's fourth term?

3. How did Richard Daley treat department heads who did not perform well?

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

5. What caused an outbreak of fires and looting on Chicago's West Side African-American neighborhoods during Richard Daley's fourth term?

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