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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) McCarthy supporters were discounted as irrelevant and Eugene McCarthy quickly faded from the national stage of political influence.
(b) Middle class and middle aged voters began supporting abuse against antiwar protesters.
(c) Both political parties recognized that they would have to become more sensitive to demands from civil rights activists.
(d) 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.

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

3. What race-related issue did Richard Daley face during his early second term?
(a) Segregated schools.
(b) Segregated businesses.
(c) Segregated public facilities.
(d) African-American discontent with segregated neighborhoods.

4. After controversy around the 1968 Democrat National Convention subsided, what was the condition of Richard Daley?
(a) He had become tired and proned to make bad judgements.
(b) His record of strong arming opponents had earned him the contempt of political opponents.
(c) He had his health, successful children, an outstanding career in Chicago politics, fame, and control of the Machine.
(d) He became increasingly paranoid and withdrew to life as a recluse.

5. How widely regarded was Richard Daley's victory for his fifth term regarded?
(a) Within the Cook County Democrat Party.
(b) Very few people noticed.
(c) Throughout the state of Illinois.
(d) All the way to Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Richard Daley handle complaints against his department heads?

2. Who did Richard Daley appoint to take care of the 1960 police department scandal?

3. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?

4. What did Martin Luther King do when Mayor Daley's actions did not satisfactorily address the problems of segregation?

5. What 1960 police department scandal caused great embarrassment for Richard Daley?

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