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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Richard Daley's initial response to the 1960 police department scandal?
(a) He began drinking heavily.
(b) He made public attacks against people investigating the charges.
(c) He stonewalled all investigations.
(d) He sequestered himself in his home out of shame.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the results of the election leading to Richard Daley's fourth term?

2. Who was Richard Daley's opponent during his fourth run for Mayor?

3. What did the election results for Richard Daley's fifth term mean for his influence over Chicago politics?

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

5. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?

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