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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the topic for Chapter IV?
(a) Nepotism and Chicago politics.
(b) Organized Crime and Chicago Politics.
(c) Operations of the Cook County Democratic Machine.
(d) Labor Unions and Chicago Politics.

2. How did ward committeemen use their influence to encourage participation in elections?
(a) He would tell them, "Voting helps you protect the freedoms for which you left your homeland."
(b) He would tell them, "Now that you are American it is you civic duty to vote."
(c) He would tell them, "Voting makes you as powerful as the people in elected office."
(d) He would tell them, "If you don't vote, you might lose your public housing."

3. What personal relationship was Richard Daley maintaining that gave him the incentive to do well when he was working for Joe McDonough in the Cook County Treasurer's Office?
(a) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(b) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(c) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(d) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.

4. How did Richard Daley's talent affect the 1948 election?
(a) His ability to turn out votes helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.
(b) He was able to organize campaign ralleys that helped Harry Truman win the presidential election.
(c) He developed campaign ads that made people believe that Thomas Dewey was planning to desegregate Chicago.
(d) He knew how to use his office to raise funds.

5. Where did Daley choose to begin his urban renewal projects?
(a) West Halsted Street near the Chicago International Amphitheatre where the 1968 Democrat National Convention was eventually held.
(b) Along Waveland Avenue near Wrigley Field.
(c) An old Italian neighborhood known as the Valley.
(d) On the south side between Daley's Irish Catholic birthplace and an African-American neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. In earlier times how did ward committeemen win influence over immigrants?

2. What is the name of a famous criminal that Mayor Big Bill Thompson allowed to walk freely through the streets of Chicago?

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

4. What past time of Joe McDonough helped Richard Daley earn political status and why?

5. What made the Cook County Democratic Central Committee so powerful?

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