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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused an outbreak of fires and looting on Chicago's West Side African-American neighborhoods during Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) The retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(b) Daley ordering water to be cut off from fire hydrants in the area.
(c) Increased police abuse after the retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King.

2. At what point during the 1968 Democratic National Convention did protesters and security forces clash?
(a) Throughout the summer weeks before the convention.
(b) The weekend before the start of the convention.
(c) Opening night of the convention.
(d) On Wednesday before the presidential nominations were made.

3. 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) Middle class and middle aged voters began supporting abuse against antiwar protesters.
(c) 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.
(d) McCarthy supporters were discounted as irrelevant and Eugene McCarthy quickly faded from the national stage of political influence.

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

5. 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) He became a negative influence to Democrats seeking high political office.
(d) Chicagoans became ashamed of Daley's rough treatment and began abandoning his leadership.

6. What event took place in Chicago during April that foretold conflict at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
(a) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(b) Senator Bobby Kennedy 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.

7. 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) 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.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.

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

9. What discrepancy was committed by public officials in 1970 that caused problems for the Daley Administration?
(a) A political opponent of Daley's reported that the trip to the Bahamas given as a gift to Daley was illegally funded with campaign donations.
(b) A Chicago Tribune discovered that Richard Daley's birthday party thrown by City Hall employees was funded illegally with public money.
(c) Those who were critical of Daley's decisions pointed to his avoidance of the public as evidence he was becoming a recluse.
(d) Police officers claimed they were defending themselves against an attack by the Black Panthers.

10. What was the year of the election for Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

11. Who did Richard Daley convince to hold the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
(a) President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.
(c) The Democrat National Committee.
(d) The Speaker of the House.

12. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?
(a) He helped to name Lyndon B. Johnson as John F. Kennedy's running mate and had his urban renewal plans endorsed by Martin Luther King.
(b) He helped to elect Dan Rostenkowski to congress and defeated Robert Merriam in a second election.
(c) He overwelmingly won a third term as mayor and got Vito Marzullo appointed to the federal court.
(d) He helped to elect John F. Kennedy to the presidency and defeated his rival Ben Adamowski.

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

14. How was Richard Daley's initial urban renewal effort accepted by those who who used the areas?
(a) Residents in the Valley staged an uprising.
(b) Both the Irish and African American residents were suspicious at first but came to appreciate the efforts to improve and open their neighborhoods.
(c) Cubs fans were mildly inconvenienced, but hoped the changes would bring a World Series to the Friendly Confines.
(d) The indigents who frequented Halsted Street alleys were chased off and eventually resettled in Gary, Indiana.

15. 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) Honest policemen are placed in desk jobs, passed over for promotions, and are isolated from important activities.
(c) Ward committeemen who refused to cheat lost their positions and discredited within the Cook County Democrat Party.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many protesters arrived in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

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

4. How did Richard Daley address the corruption within the city government?

5. Besides protesters, who else did security forces target for harassment during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

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