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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Democrat official who became a rival to Daley in his climb to the chairmanship of the Democratic Central Committee?
(a) Paul Douglas.
(b) Clarence Wager.
(c) Adlai Stevenson.
(d) Benjamin Adamowski.

2. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?
(a) The country witnessed his tough political tactics first hand.
(b) He improved the downtown and lake front areas and upgraded O'Hare from a military airport to one of the nation's state of the art commercial airports.
(c) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(d) He took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.

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. 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?
(a) Richard Daley was too liberal and too connected to new Democrats.
(b) Richard Daley wanted to limit the influence of the Federal Government.
(c) Richard Daley wanted to crack down harder on crime.
(d) Richard Daley favored immigration control.

5. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Anti-war protestors.
(c) Public displays of immorality.
(d) His friends being caught in corruption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the reputation of the mayor who preceded Richard Daley?

2. What did Richard Daley receive when he finally became Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party?

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

4. What happened to honest officials in the department that became troublesome for Richard Daley?

5. In what year was Richard Daley born?

(see the answer key)

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