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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chicago City Hall, Richard Daley was known by all of the following except:
(a) Duh Mare.
(b) The Man on the Fifth.
(c) Hizzoner.
(d) The Big Guy.

2. What did Richard Daley present himself as in his first campaign for Mayor?
(a) He ran as a law and order candidate devoted to fighting crime.
(b) He ran as a fiscal conservative who would balance budgets.
(c) He ran as a skillful mediator who could handle conflicts.
(d) He presented himself as a hard-working family man.

3. In what year did Richard Daley win the Chairmanship of the Cook County Democratic Party?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1942.

4. How did the attention news agencies gave to the April event set up what eventually occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention?
(a) McCarthy supporters were discounted as irrelevant and Eugene McCarthy quickly faded from the national stage of political influence.
(b) Both political parties recognized that they would have to become more sensitive to demands from civil rights activists.
(c) The lack of public attention to police abuse of peace marchers allowed Richard Daley to believe that the public was not concerned with their treatment.
(d) Middle class and middle aged voters began supporting abuse against antiwar protesters.

5. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?
(a) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(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 took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.
(d) The country witnessed his tough political tactics first hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?

2. What are patronage jobs?

3. What became the most consuming controversy during Richard Daley's first two terms as mayor?

4. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?

5. What is the topic of Chapter I?

(see the answer key)

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