Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Richard Daley help to get nominated for the 1956 Democratic candidate for president?
(a) Adalai Stevenson.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Dwight D. Eisenhower.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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 took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.
(c) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(d) 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.

3. What did the response of contenders for the 1972 Democrat Presidential Nomination signify to Richard Daley?
(a) His power was limited to Chicago.
(b) His power was appreciated by Republicans.
(c) His power was alive and well.
(d) His power had a regional influence.

4. In his earlier years as Chicago Mayor, Richard Daley walked down Michigan Avenue to greet people. Why did he stop the practice?
(a) The walk in the early morning air was hard on his declining health.
(b) People who protested his power were a potential threat to his safety.
(c) The neighborhood became run-down and embarrassing.
(d) He moved to a new, spacious house which made a trip to Michigan for a walk impractical.

5. How was a police action in April of 1968 characterized by observers?
(a) It is called a police riot.
(b) The demands of African-American delegates are considered seriously by the Democrat Convention Platform Committee.
(c) The unattached Kennedy delegates inspire political activists of all types to go to Chicago to demonstrate.
(d) The threats of McCarthy supporters is discounted as an easily handled threat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the campaign issues pressed by the Republican candidate in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?

2. How many patronage jobs did Vito Marzullo have for his precinct?

3. What was the year of the election for Richard Daley's fourth term?

4. What made the Cook County Democratic Central Committee so powerful?

5. What was the name of the lawyer who investigated the relationship between Daley and Marovitz?

(see the answer key)

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