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

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

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

4. 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) Daley played the innocent game and deferred complaints to the Department heads.
(d) He blamed federal restrictions against the sovereignty of cities to act on its problems.

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

6. Besides protesters, who else did security forces target for harassment during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Organizers who were not at the protest sites.
(b) News reporters.
(c) Sidewalk merchants.
(d) Spectators of the events.

7. 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) 20,000 Marines and Illinois State Patrolmen.
(c) 2,500 precinct walkers and sanitation workers.
(d) 25,000 police officers and National Guard soldiers.

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

9. How did Richard Daley respond to growing tensions in the weeks leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) He did not consider any of the threats to be serious and ignored them.
(b) He planned a massive show of force and denied public gathering permits to antiwar groups.
(c) He became a mediator between the various interest groups and the Democratic National Committee.
(d) He began conferring with President Johnson for advice on how to handle the situation.

10. How did Richard Daley treat department heads who did not perform well?
(a) Daley defended and kept them in until he was ready to replace them.
(b) He publicly took control of the departments and took credit for improvements.
(c) He quietly found replacements and removed them from office.
(d) He ignored their performance hoping the press would not notice.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

2. Why did a particular important figure frustrate Richard Daley during the period of protests against segregated neighborhoods?

3. Who did Richard Daley replace at the beginning of his fourth term?

4. Why did Richard Daley claim he made the moves that he did with the 1970 scandal involving public officials?

5. What was Richard Daley's response after a commission recommended that the police should treat blacks the same as whites?

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