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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(b) Show decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.
(c) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.
(d) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.

2. How were many of the precinct committee positions earned through the years?
(a) Through winning public support for a cause or virtue.
(b) Through family connections or nepotism.
(c) Through hard work or devotion.
(d) Through paying for favors or graft.

3. What event led to the biggest scandal of Richard Daley's second term as mayor?
(a) A former ward committeeman went public with how precincts would routinely, "Vote the graveyard."
(b) A burglar was arrested.
(c) Three civil rights activists were found beaten to death and buried at a construction site outside of Chicago.
(d) The Attorney General of Illinois investigated and took steps to take control of the Real Estate Division of the City of Chicago.

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

5. What did Richard Daley do through the evenings of the 1920's after he was finished with his day job with the City?
(a) He wrote campaign speeches for Democrat dignitaries.
(b) He drove a truck delivering coal to factories.
(c) He tended bar for several illegal speakeasies.
(d) He attended DePaul Law School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Royko state disturbed Richard Daley?

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

3. What are patronage jobs?

4. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?

5. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?

(see the answer key)

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