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

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 died in an auto accident days before the election and Daley appointed himself as candidate after the death.
(b) He was fired by the committee and Daley appointed himself.
(c) He declared that he changed parties to Republican and ran with that party.
(d) Daley was drafted to run for Mayor.

2. Who did Richard Daley appoint to take care of the 1960 police department scandal?
(a) Jesse Jackson, who had been working very closely with Martin Luther King on civil rights issues.
(b) Orlando Wilson, the nation's brilliant and foremost law enforcement expert and corrupt-free head of the University of California's criminology department.
(c) William Kunstler, a lawyer who was a persistent critic of Chicago city government.
(d) Adalai Stevenson, who had a highly regarded reputation for integrity in Illinois.

3. Why did Richard Daley make the unusual move?
(a) He wanted to show everyone that the Democrat Machine was going to tighten its control over Chicago.
(b) Many people in the previous administration did not trust Daley and thought him paranoid.
(c) He knew he would be spending long hours at work and wanted to cut down the time he was away from his family.
(d) A new chairman might do what he did--replace Daley with himself.

4. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?
(a) Each neighborhood was able to earn federal funds to support racial minorities.
(b) Each neighborhood had industrial plants to employ local residents.
(c) Each neighborhood had a connection with organized crime and rum runners.
(d) Each neighborhood had a core of entreprenuers who created jobs.

5. 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 knew how to use his office to raise funds.
(d) He developed campaign ads that made people believe that Thomas Dewey was planning to desegregate Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?

3. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?

4. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

5. What was one of the issues that members of the Democratic Central Committee used to oppose Richard Daley during his campaign to become Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

(see the answer key)

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