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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Richard Daley regard suggestions from Independent members of the City Council?
(a) He sent them to a subcomittee where they eventually die.
(b) He would fly into a purple rage and publicly humilate those who proposed them.
(c) He would send his Chief of Staff to the council member to coerce his/her silence.
(d) He would contemplete them carefully upon their merits.

2. Why did Royko consider Richard Daley to be a believable father figure to Chicagoans?
(a) He looked old and bald like a father.
(b) He was like many fathers who worked long hours and said what he meant.
(c) He liked sitting in a rocker during public meetings.
(d) He frequently attended weddings and gave away the bride.

3. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?
(a) Some saw him as too liberal.
(b) He was too conservative.
(c) His professional background was considered to be to controversial.
(d) He was thought to be indecisive.

4. What was among the promises that Daley made during the campaign?
(a) He promised jobs for everyone who wanted one.
(b) He promised that crime would be ended in Chicago.
(c) He promised a chicken in every pot.
(d) He promised the sun will shine on all neighborhoods of Chicago, not just State Street.

5. In what year was Richard Daley born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?

2. When Joe McDonough was elected to County Treasurer, what happened to Richard Daley?

3. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?

4. Upon what has Richard Daley's quick rise in political influence been credited?

5. When did Richard Daley prepare for speeches he gave to civic organizations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the grand jury report on the Black Panther shootings cause problems for Daley's administration?

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln Marovitz and how did he become acquainted with Richard Daley?

3. What was Richard Daley's response when a commission ruled the Chicago Police Department was to treat African-Americans the same as whites?

4. What was a rumor the Democratic Machine spread about Alderman Robert Merriam to help Richard Daley's win the 1955 mayoral election?

5. Who was Richard Daley's opponent for the campaign for his fourth term as mayor and what were the issues the opponent raised during the campaign?

6. What is nepotism and how did Richard Daley use it?

7. What are two daily rituals that Richard Daley had on his trip to work?

8. How did Richard Daley present himself in his first campaign for Mayor of Chicago?

9. How did Chicago's city government conspire to segregate neighborhoods?

10. How did Richard Daley earn and keep the support of unions?

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