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This test consists of 15 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 early 1960s.
(b) After Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
(c) During the Vietnam War.
(d) During the late 1950s.

2. How deeply institutionalized was segregation in Chicago's city planning departments?
(a) African-Americans were prohibited from moving into white communities, expressways were built as borders between ethnic neighborhoods, and geriatric homes were not built in white neighborhoods to prevent access by elderly African-Americans.
(b) Parks in African-American neighborhoods were not maintained and hand very little landscaping or open fields, whereas parks in white neighborhoods were well maintained and landscaped.
(c) White applicants for business licenses were given preferential treatment, white-owned businesses were provided police protection, and crimes in African-American businesses were not investigated.
(d) Chicago public schools in white neighborhoods were sufficiently funded and teachers were routinely provided professional training support, while schools in African-American neighborhoods required additional funding from the community and the teachers were not given training opportunities.

3. What happened to honest officials in the department that became troublesome for Richard Daley?
(a) Code enforcement and real estate agents who tried to blow the whistle had false information on their finances published and were chased out of their departments or businesses.
(b) Honest policemen are placed in desk jobs, passed over for promotions, and are isolated from important activities.
(c) Code enforcement personnel with the responsibility to provide housing access were beaten up and taken to the outskirts of Chicago.
(d) Ward committeemen who refused to cheat lost their positions and discredited within the Cook County Democrat Party.

4. What did Martin Luther King do when Mayor Daley's actions did not satisfactorily address the problems of segregation?
(a) Dr. King went to Washington, D.C. and delivered his "I have a dream" speech.
(b) Dr. King was arrested by Chicago police on a voter fraud charge.
(c) Dr. King left for Memphis, Tennessee where he was assassinated.
(d) Dr. King began staging protest marches in white neighborhoods.

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

6. How did certain politicians consider Richard Daley's influence in 1971?
(a) Since he faced no competition he was not considered a serious political influence.
(b) Politicians in Illinois saw his influence on the wane.
(c) The bizarre events preceeding the 1971 elections added to his history of harsh treatment of his opponenets.
(d) National politicians still considered him someone who could produce votes.

7. How did Richard Daley respond to the outbreaks?
(a) He issued shoot to kill orders against arsonists and shoot to maim orders against looters.
(b) He had a city hall meeting with civil rights advocates to get their input for a new police chief.
(c) He ordered a restoration of Chief Wilson's policies in the African American neighborhoods.
(d) He restored water services to the fire hydrants in the neighborhood.

8. How did Richard Daley respond to growing tensions in the weeks leading up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) He became a mediator between the various interest groups and the Democratic National Committee.
(b) He planned a massive show of force and denied public gathering permits to antiwar groups.
(c) He did not consider any of the threats to be serious and ignored them.
(d) He began conferring with President Johnson for advice on how to handle the situation.

9. What did the response of contenders for the 1972 Democrat Presidential Nomination signify to Richard Daley?
(a) His power was limited to Chicago.
(b) His power had a regional influence.
(c) His power was alive and well.
(d) His power was appreciated by Republicans.

10. 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) Elrod won easily.
(c) Marzullo ran a poor race and was narrowly defeated.
(d) Adamowski disappeared mysteriously before the election.

11. Besides protesters, who else did security forces target for harassment during the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Organizers who were not at the protest sites.
(b) Spectators of the events.
(c) News reporters.
(d) Sidewalk merchants.

12. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?
(a) City planners using their positions to profit from real estate development.
(b) Corruption in the police department.
(c) Ward committeemen turning in doctored election returns.
(d) Segregation throughout the city's ethnic neighbor hoods.

13. What 1960 police department scandal caused great embarrassment for Richard Daley?
(a) A burglar reported that he was part of a burglary gang and the other members were policemen.
(b) The 1960 presidential election was found to be fraudulent.
(c) Several officials were indicted for real estate contract violations.
(d) The murders of the activists were traced back to ward committeemen.

14. After the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, how many people were considered to be more powerful than Richard Daley?
(a) Just President Kennedy.
(b) President Kennedy, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.
(c) President Kennedy, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(d) President Kennedy and Sam Rayburn.

15. What did Richard Daley actually do with the 1970 scandal involving public officials?
(a) He did not follow up on his promises to reform the Police Department after the deaths of the Black Panthers.
(b) He took money out of the Cook County Democratic Party campaign fund to pay back City Hall for the party expenses.
(c) The political advisor was actually a close friend from the Democratic Central Committee and they just spent an increasing amount of time together.
(d) He took money from City Hall to pay back the Cook County Democratic Party for the Bahamas trip expenses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Richard Daley replace at the beginning of his fourth term?

3. What motivated racial violence to intensify?

4. What was the result of an effort to prove that Richard Daley's neighbors were intolerant of segregating neighborhoods based on color?

5. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?

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