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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the election results for Richard Daley's fifth term mean for influence over the future of Chicago politics?
(a) The results meant that the coming political challenges would leave his influence subject to his successor.
(b) Suspicion among Chicago politicians fueled Daley's paranoia and he began making strange decisions.
(c) Growing apathy began to overshadow all the events of his early career.
(d) The results meant he could name his successor.

3. 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.

4. What happened to segregation opponents who showed up at Richard Daley's house?
(a) Police forces arrived to arrest all that were involved.
(b) His neigbors pelted them with rocks.
(c) A firetruck was dispatched to scatter the gathering with its fire hoses.
(d) The gathering was joined by neighborhood supporters who considered segregation in Chicago unjust.

5. How did segregation aid the Democratic political machine in Chicago?
(a) If blacks were allowed to move into white neighborhoods, the whites would be enraged, withdraw its political support for the party in power, and the Machine would collapse.
(b) Segregated precincts helped the Cook County Democratic Central Committee know where to apply pressure.
(c) Segregated neighborhoods helped Mayor Daley know where to focus patronage.
(d) Segregation helped the Cook County Democratic Central Committee know which votes to count and which to hold back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Richard Daley's initial urban renewal effort accepted by those who who used the areas?

2. What event took place in Chicago during April that foretold conflict at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

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

4. Who among the front runners for the 1972 Democrat presidential nomination called Richard Daley on his victory for his fifth term?

5. How did the public respond to Richard Daley's response to the outbreaks?

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