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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Richard Daley treat department heads who did not perform well?
(a) He ignored their performance hoping the press would not notice.
(b) He quietly found replacements and removed them from office.
(c) Daley defended and kept them in until he was ready to replace them.
(d) He publicly took control of the departments and took credit for improvements.

3. How did most Chicagoans consider the corruption within the department?
(a) They realized that selling and buying property in Chicago was more costly than it was worth, so the market dried up.
(b) A natural part of Chicago.
(c) An increasing number of voters attempted to register as Republican.
(d) The became accustomed to ethnic neighborhoods to be the consequence of human nature.

4. How large and what was the make up of the security detail for the 1968 Democratic National convention?
(a) 2,500 precinct walkers and sanitation workers.
(b) 15,000 private security personnel and prison guards.
(c) 25,000 police officers and National Guard soldiers.
(d) 20,000 Marines and Illinois State Patrolmen.

5. What were the results of the election leading to Richard Daley's fourth term?
(a) Daley won with 73 percent of the vote.
(b) Daley was forced to dispatch more street repair projects than he ever had.
(c) Daley won a narrow victory.
(d) His opponent died in a mysterious auto accident two days before the election.

6. How did Richard Daley address the corruption within the city government?
(a) He had meetings with corrupt officials and reminded them of his basic creed, "Don't get caught."
(b) He personally took charge and fired or incarcerated offenders.
(c) He hired a P.R. firm to put a positive spin on the controversies.
(d) He tried to blow the bad news off the front pages with big, circus-like events.

7. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?
(a) He helped to elect Dan Rostenkowski to congress and defeated Robert Merriam in a second election.
(b) He overwelmingly won a third term as mayor and got Vito Marzullo appointed to the federal court.
(c) He helped to name Lyndon B. Johnson as John F. Kennedy's running mate and had his urban renewal plans endorsed by Martin Luther King.
(d) He helped to elect John F. Kennedy to the presidency and defeated his rival Ben Adamowski.

8. Who was Richard Daley's opponent during his fourth run for Mayor?
(a) Robert Merriam.
(b) John Warner.
(c) Ben Adamowski.
(d) Orlando Wilson.

9. How was Richard Daley's initial urban renewal effort accepted by those who who used the areas?
(a) Both the Irish and African American residents were suspicious at first but came to appreciate the efforts to improve and open their neighborhoods.
(b) Residents in the Valley staged an uprising.
(c) The indigents who frequented Halsted Street alleys were chased off and eventually resettled in Gary, Indiana.
(d) Cubs fans were mildly inconvenienced, but hoped the changes would bring a World Series to the Friendly Confines.

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

11. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?
(a) Daley's harsh law enforcement tactics and racial tension.
(b) Inadequate housing and bans against African-Americans in Chicago's labor unions.
(c) Increasing federal intrusion and insufficient education funding.
(d) The increasing taxes on property and regulations against businesses.

12. Who were among the leaders for the 1972 Democrat nomination for president in 1971?
(a) Bobby Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, Sargent Shriver.
(b) George McGovern, Ted Kennedy, Edmund Muskie.
(c) Bill Clinton, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon.
(d) Lydon Johnson, Adalai Stevenson III, Jimmy Carter.

13. How deeply institutionalized was segregation in Chicago's city planning departments?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.

14. What event led to the biggest scandal of Richard Daley's second term as mayor?
(a) A former ward committeeman went public with how precincts would routinely, "Vote the graveyard."
(b) The Attorney General of Illinois investigated and took steps to take control of the Real Estate Division of the City of Chicago.
(c) A burglar was arrested.
(d) Three civil rights activists were found beaten to death and buried at a construction site outside of Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tactic did segregation opponents use to point out the problem of segregation in Chicago?

3. How did certain politicians consider Richard Daley's influence in 1971?

4. How did the press handle the April event?

5. What did the response of contenders for the 1972 Democrat Presidential Nomination signify to Richard Daley?

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