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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?

2. What was the name of the lawyer who investigated the relationship between Daley and Marovitz?

3. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?

4. What did Richard Daley do through the evenings of the 1920's after he was finished with his day job with the City?

5. In what year did Richard Daley earn a position in the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What power did Richard Daley receive when he became Chairman over the Cook Country Democratic Central Committee?

2. What was the Democratic Central Committee and how did Richard Daley become a part of it?

3. Who was Richard Daley's opponent for the campaign for his fourth term as mayor and what were the issues the opponent raised during the campaign?

4. What was Richard Daley's strange moral code?

5. What was a rumor the Democratic Machine spread about Alderman Robert Merriam to help Richard Daley's win the 1955 mayoral election?

6. What was the name of a club that Richard Daley belonged to and who did he meet in that club that taught him about Chicago politics?

7. How did Richard Daley deal with scandals and inefficiencies within the city departments in Chicago?

8. How did Richard Daley respond to rumors of an anti-war faction planning to cause trouble at the 1968 Democrat National Convention?

9. What event caused violence to increase during protests against Chicago's segregation?

10. Who did Richard Daley appoint to get corruption under control and what were his qualifications?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think of the rules of Chicago politics: ". . . help your friends, hurt your enemies, adjust a case through the police and add up the votes until they come out right. Most important rule--don't get caught. Don't repeat what you hear." How did these rules help to develop a closed political system that exerted control over what was then the country's second most populated city? Write a full examination of what it would take for these rules to have control over the city and how each contributes to the strength of the other. Which do you consider most important in a political system? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Based upon what you know of how criminals had infiltrated Chicago City Hall in the 1920's and 1930's, why do you think that it was important for Richard Daley to develop a relationship with Abraham Marovitz, a prosecutor who had associations with gangsters. How could that relationship make Daley valuable to the Cook County Democrat Party?

Essay Topic 3

Based upon how Chapter II reported on the infiltration of Chicago City Hall by gangs and criminals and the affect they had on law enforcement and the judicial system, write a persuasive essay on why or why not personal adherence to ethical standards is important to people in leadership positions.

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