Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Besides protesters, who else did security forces target for harassment during the 1968 Democratic National Convention? (from Chapter IX)

Sidewalk merchants.

News reporters.

Spectators of the events.

Organizers who were not at the protest sites.

2.

Where did Daley choose to begin his urban renewal projects? (from Chapter VI)

An old Italian neighborhood known as the Valley.

Along Waveland Avenue near Wrigley Field.

West Halsted Street near the Chicago International Amphitheatre where the 1968 Democrat National Convention was eventually held.

On the south side between Daley's Irish Catholic birthplace and an African-American neighborhood.

3.

By what kind of margin did Richard Daley win the election to his fifth term? (from Epilogue)

The election was cancelled as his opponent died in a mysterious auto accident a week before the election.

The closest margin of his career.

He ran unopposed.

One of the largest margins in his career.

4.

What were the results of the election leading to Richard Daley's fourth term? (from Chapter VIII)

Daley was forced to dispatch more street repair projects than he ever had.

His opponent died in a mysterious auto accident two days before the election.

Daley won a narrow victory.

Daley won with 73 percent of the vote.

5.

Who were among the leaders for the 1972 Democrat nomination for president in 1971? (from Epilogue)

George McGovern, Ted Kennedy, Edmund Muskie.

Bill Clinton, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon.

Lydon Johnson, Adalai Stevenson III, Jimmy Carter.

Bobby Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Sargent Shriver.

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