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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when the incumbent mayor before Richard Daley made his appeal before the Cook County Central Committee that was chaired by Daley?
(a) He declared that he changed parties to Republican and ran with that party.
(b) Daley was drafted to run for Mayor.
(c) He died in an auto accident days before the election and Daley appointed himself as candidate after the death.
(d) He was fired by the committee and Daley appointed himself.

2. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Proximity to Lake Michigan.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Political affiliations.
(d) Ethnicity.

3. What were some of the other visible changes that Richard Daley made during his first year as mayor?
(a) He improved roads and streets, established a new bus system, and added an additional day to trash pick-up.
(b) He hired more cops and firemen, converted empty lots into city parks, and established a new bus system.
(c) He hired more cops and firemen, and he improved roads and street lighting.
(d) He established a new bus system, converted empty lots into city parks, and added a day to trash pick-up.

4. What is a campaign tactic that Richard Daley used against all of his election opponents?
(a) On election day he had public works projects on streets for polling sites in precincts where he feared losing.
(b) The Chicago Democrat Machine spread scandalous stories about the opponent that was either false or irrelevant, but Daley kept himself detatched from the stories.
(c) He would have public debates against the opponent and stack the audience in his favor.
(d) He campaigned door-to-door in precincts where he was polling behind his opponent.

5. 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 started doing business with Joe Kennedy.
(c) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(d) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the last elected Chicago Mayor before Richard Daley?

2. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?

3. Who did Richard Daley replace at the beginning of his fourth term?

4. Who did Richard Daley help to get nominated for the 1956 Democratic candidate for president?

5. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?

(see the answer key)

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