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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 John F. Kennedy to the presidency and defeated his rival Ben Adamowski.
(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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Richard Daley respond to the outbreaks?

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

3. How did Richard Daley diffuse the 1970 scandal involving the public officials?

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

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

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