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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What finally forced Richard Daley to hear the demands of Martin Luther King?
(a) Daley realized that he had to act to assuage the anger in segregated neighborhoods after Dr. King's assassination.
(b) The arrest of Dr. King on the false charges threatened to bring down the Democrat Machine if Daley did not act.
(c) Daley was impressed with Dr. King's vision from the speech.
(d) White voters became angry with the turmoil in their neighborhoods.

3. 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, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) President Kennedy and Sam Rayburn.
(d) President Kennedy, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.

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

5. How did the press handle the April event?
(a) The national news agencies began putting increased attention on African-American demands after Dr. King's assassination.
(b) Mid-Western news agencies became weary of antiwar protestors and began connecting them with Communist front groups.
(c) McCarthy supporters were characterized as a fringe, single issue caucus with no real political influence.
(d) Not many reporters were assigned to the peace march, so it was overlooked.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happened to segregation opponents who showed up at Richard Daley's house?

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 public respond to Richard Daley's response to the outbreaks?

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