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

2. To what or whom did Royko compare Richard Daley's character?
(a) A kindly father figure.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) George Washington.
(d) The City of Chicago.

3. In earlier times how did ward committeemen win influence over immigrants?
(a) They helped them find homes and jobs.
(b) They helped them get the forms that helped to keep them in the country.
(c) They helped them fill out papers and figure out their taxes and licenses.
(d) They dispatched henchmen to threaten them if they were not compliant.

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

5. What is the topic for Chapter II?
(a) Chicago and organized crime.
(b) Chicago models apartied.
(c) Richard Daley's rough life.
(d) Richard Daley comes of age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the issues that members of the Democratic Central Committee used to oppose Richard Daley during his campaign to become Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?

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

3. What past time of Joe McDonough helped Richard Daley earn political status and why?

4. How long was Richard Daley on the city payroll?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of jobs did ward committeemen hold?

2. What was the comparison Mike Royko made between Richard Daley and the people of the City of Chicago?

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 did Richard Daley become to many immigrants according to Mike Royko?

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

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

7. What was the Democratic Central Committee and how did Richard Daley become a part of it?

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

9. Who won the 1960 presidential election and what was Richard Daley's role in the victory?

10. Who opposed Richard Daley's candidacy for Cook County Democratic Chairman, and how did Daley end up getting the position?

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