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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Richard Daley claim he made the moves that he did with the 1970 scandal involving public officials?
(a) He said that he controlled the Cook County Democrat Party and could do what he wanted with its money.
(b) He said that he had worked hard all his life and was interested in spending more time with family and friends.
(c) He believed that Chicago was not ready for reform.
(d) He said that he controlled City Hall and could do what he wanted with its money.

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

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

4. What motivated racial violence to intensify?
(a) Martin Luther King was assassinated.
(b) A firetruck with all white fireman ran over a black woman and killed her.
(c) The bodies of three civil rights volunteers were found at a construction site on the outskirts of Chicago.
(d) The hotel for the Los Angeles Dodgers denied rooms to the African-American members of the team.

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

6. What caused an outbreak of fires and looting on Chicago's West Side African-American neighborhoods during Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) The retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(b) Increased police abuse after the retirement of Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(c) Daley ordering water to be cut off from fire hydrants in the area.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King.

7. What tactic did segregation opponents use to point out the problem of segregation in Chicago?
(a) They organized a sit-in of African-American activists at segregated public venues.
(b) African-American activists ignorned "Whites Only" signs on businesses and demanded service from the proprietors.
(c) African-American parents began enrolling their children in white schools near their homes.
(d) They rented a flat in Richard Daley's neighborhood and put up two African-American college students in the residence.

8. With whom did Richard Daley become most upset during the time of growing racial conflict?
(a) Civil Rights lawyer William Kunstler.
(b) Police Chief Orlando Wilson.
(c) President Kennedy.
(d) Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King.

9. In what year did Richard Daley begin his fifth term?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1972.

10. 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) Sidewalk merchants.
(c) Spectators of the events.
(d) News reporters.

11. What did the public officials do in the 1970 scandal that compounded the problems for Richard Daley?
(a) Daley's political opponent was hospitalized after a beating by precinct workers.
(b) The grand jury discovered that the officers involved in the killing of the Black Panthers fired more than 80 shots, but only one bullet could be traced to the victims guns.
(c) The Daley administration tried to stone wall the investigation into illegal use of public money.
(d) Daley became publicly indignant over the charges which just fueled the speculation that he was losing control of his faculties.

12. How did Richard Daley diffuse the 1970 scandal involving the public officials?
(a) Daley transfered a few police commanders and vowed to reform the department.
(b) Daley claimed to repay the Cook County Democratic campaign funds.
(c) Daley claimed to repay the public funds from his bank account.
(d) He hired a political adviser who guided him in responding to claims he was losing his mental edge.

13. To what did Richard Daley credit his large majorities in African-American precincts?
(a) The involvement of Martin Luther King in civil rights controversies.
(b) His door-to-door campaigning.
(c) Street repair projects.
(d) His decision to move into an African-American neighborhood to initiate desegregation efforts.

14. What police action against a public gathering became a precursor to the Democratic National Convention?
(a) McCarthy's antiwar supporters pledged to disrupt the convention if McCarthy was not nominated.
(b) Supporters of Senator Kennedy refused to pledge their support to any other candidate.
(c) Dr. King's assassination caused discontent within African-American delegations to the Convention.
(d) Peace marchers ignored police orders to disperse and were beaten, maced, and arrested.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Richard Daley's initial response to the 1960 police department scandal?

2. How did Richard Daley's selection for the 1970 Cook County Sheriff's race show in the election?

3. How widely regarded was Richard Daley's victory for his fifth term regarded?

4. What event took place in Chicago during April that foretold conflict at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

5. How was a police action in April of 1968 characterized by observers?

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