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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Richard Daley's response after a commission recommended that the police should treat blacks the same as whites?
(a) He ignored the recommendations and increased the use of force.
(b) He relented and began promoting a, "kinder and gentler," police force.
(c) He increased abuse against everybody.
(d) He assigned another commission under his control that recommended he keep his policies in place.

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

5. What was the result of an effort to prove that Richard Daley's neighbors were intolerant of segregating neighborhoods based on color?
(a) Police opened up fire hoses and scattered the protestors.
(b) A riot broke out in Mayor Daley's neighborhood and the African-American students were forced to move out after only a few days.
(c) The Chicago School Board ignored the requests and kept the students in their assigned schools.
(d) Business owners had the protestors arrested and took law suits against the leaders that organized the protests.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Richard Daley earn while national attention was focused on Chicago?

2. What was the most important rule Richard Daley learned from Joe McDonough?

3. What event led to the biggest scandal of Richard Daley's second term as mayor?

4. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:

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

(see the answer key)

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