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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?
(a) City planners using their positions to profit from real estate development.
(b) Ward committeemen turning in doctored election returns.
(c) Segregation throughout the city's ethnic neighbor hoods.
(d) Corruption in the police department.

2. How large and what was the make up of the security detail for the 1968 Democratic National convention?
(a) 15,000 private security personnel and prison guards.
(b) 2,500 precinct walkers and sanitation workers.
(c) 25,000 police officers and National Guard soldiers.
(d) 20,000 Marines and Illinois State Patrolmen.

3. How deeply institutionalized was segregation in Chicago's city planning departments?
(a) African-Americans were prohibited from moving into white communities, expressways were built as borders between ethnic neighborhoods, and geriatric homes were not built in white neighborhoods to prevent access by elderly African-Americans.
(b) Parks in African-American neighborhoods were not maintained and hand very little landscaping or open fields, whereas parks in white neighborhoods were well maintained and landscaped.
(c) White applicants for business licenses were given preferential treatment, white-owned businesses were provided police protection, and crimes in African-American businesses were not investigated.
(d) Chicago public schools in white neighborhoods were sufficiently funded and teachers were routinely provided professional training support, while schools in African-American neighborhoods required additional funding from the community and the teachers were not given training opportunities.

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

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

6. How did Richard Daley address the corruption within the city government?
(a) He had meetings with corrupt officials and reminded them of his basic creed, "Don't get caught."
(b) He hired a P.R. firm to put a positive spin on the controversies.
(c) He personally took charge and fired or incarcerated offenders.
(d) He tried to blow the bad news off the front pages with big, circus-like events.

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

8. 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) He spent a quiet evening in seclusion with his family.
(c) 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.
(d) The Democratic Central Committee gave Daley and his wife a trip to the Bahamas.

9. What race-related issue did Richard Daley face during his early second term?
(a) African-American discontent with segregated neighborhoods.
(b) Segregated public facilities.
(c) Segregated schools.
(d) Segregated businesses.

10. 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) Adalai Stevenson, who had a highly regarded reputation for integrity in Illinois.
(c) Jesse Jackson, who had been working very closely with Martin Luther King on civil rights issues.
(d) William Kunstler, a lawyer who was a persistent critic of Chicago city government.

11. What 1960 police department scandal caused great embarrassment for Richard Daley?
(a) The murders of the activists were traced back to ward committeemen.
(b) A burglar reported that he was part of a burglary gang and the other members were policemen.
(c) The 1960 presidential election was found to be fraudulent.
(d) Several officials were indicted for real estate contract violations.

12. How many protesters arrived in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 25,000.

13. What did the election results for Richard Daley's fifth term mean for his influence over Chicago politics?
(a) The lack of opposition to Daley bred apathy within the Chicago political system.
(b) He maintained control of the City Council.
(c) Daley was seen as a dangerous man and high placed office holders began to plot against him.
(d) The close margin convinced the City Council that it was time to challenge Daley's agenda.

14. After the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, how many people were considered to be more powerful than Richard Daley?
(a) Just President Kennedy.
(b) President Kennedy and Sam Rayburn.
(c) President Kennedy, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) President Kennedy, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.

15. 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) Chicagoans became ashamed of Daley's rough treatment and began abandoning his leadership.
(c) He became a negative influence to Democrats seeking high political office.
(d) The events around the 1968 convention had no lasting influence as Americans soon focused on the presidential campaign.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point during the 1968 Democratic National Convention did protesters and security forces clash?

2. What tactic did segregation opponents use to point out the problem of segregation in Chicago?

3. With whom did Richard Daley become most upset during the time of growing racial conflict?

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

5. Who was Richard Daley's opponent during his fourth run for Mayor?

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