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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Richard Daley's response after a commission recommended that the police should treat blacks the same as whites?
(a) He assigned another commission under his control that recommended he keep his policies in place.
(b) He increased abuse against everybody.
(c) He relented and began promoting a, "kinder and gentler," police force.
(d) He ignored the recommendations and increased the use of force.

3. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?
(a) He helped to elect John F. Kennedy to the presidency and defeated his rival Ben Adamowski.
(b) 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.
(c) He overwelmingly won a third term as mayor and got Vito Marzullo appointed to the federal court.
(d) He helped to elect Dan Rostenkowski to congress and defeated Robert Merriam in a second election.

4. What is a campaign tactic that Richard Daley used against all of his election opponents?
(a) He campaigned door-to-door in precincts where he was polling behind his opponent.
(b) The Chicago Democrat Machine spread scandalous stories about the opponent that was either false or irrelevant, but Daley kept himself detatched from the stories.
(c) On election day he had public works projects on streets for polling sites in precincts where he feared losing.
(d) He would have public debates against the opponent and stack the audience in his favor.

5. What did Richard Daley actually do with the 1970 scandal involving public officials?
(a) The political advisor was actually a close friend from the Democratic Central Committee and they just spent an increasing amount of time together.
(b) He took money out of the Cook County Democratic Party campaign fund to pay back City Hall for the party expenses.
(c) He took money from City Hall to pay back the Cook County Democratic Party for the Bahamas trip expenses.
(d) He did not follow up on his promises to reform the Police Department after the deaths of the Black Panthers.

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

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

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

9. Who were among the leaders for the 1972 Democrat nomination for president in 1971?
(a) Bobby Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Sargent Shriver.
(b) George McGovern, Ted Kennedy, Edmund Muskie.
(c) Lydon Johnson, Adalai Stevenson III, Jimmy Carter.
(d) Bill Clinton, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon.

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

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

12. With whom did Richard Daley become most upset during the time of growing racial conflict?
(a) Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(b) Civil Rights lawyer William Kunstler.
(c) Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King.
(d) President Kennedy.

13. What resulted from the high ranking personnel change that came to Daley at the beginning of his fourth term?
(a) Daley had a direct connection to federal funding that he used to his political advantage.
(b) Daley was sucked into a legal controversy that marred his remaining years as mayor.
(c) Daley lost his control of the Italian neighborhoods and they started voting Republican.
(d) Police abuse returned to the black neighborhoods.

14. By what kind of margin did Richard Daley win the election to his fifth term?
(a) One of the largest margins in his career.
(b) The closest margin of his career.
(c) He ran unopposed.
(d) The election was cancelled as his opponent died in a mysterious auto accident a week before the election.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After controversy around the 1968 Democrat National Convention subsided, what was the condition of Richard Daley?

2. What race-related issue did Richard Daley face during his early second term?

3. How was a police action in April of 1968 characterized by observers?

4. What did the response of contenders for the 1972 Democrat Presidential Nomination signify to Richard Daley?

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

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