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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Richard Daley and who else knew how many patronage jobs existed?

2. Why is the Chicago race riot of 1919 an important event in Richard Daley's history?

3. What happened when the incumbent mayor before Richard Daley made his appeal before the Cook County Central Committee that was chaired by Daley?

4. Why did some members of the Cook County Democratic Central Committee believe that Richard Daley was not suited for the position of Chairman?

5. Richard Daley became connected with a judge named Abraham Lincoln Marovitz. How did they meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Richard Daley's 1971 election margin mean for his future influence over Chicago?

2. Why, according to Mike Royko, were immigrants supportive of Richard Daley?

3. What was the event that set the stage for violent confrontations at the 1968 Democrat National Convention scheduled for Chicago?

4. What did Mike Royko believe will come of the memory of Richard Daley's reign as Mayor of Chicago?

5. What event caused violence to increase during protests against Chicago's segregation?

6. What were Richard Daley's two contrasting moral positions that Mike Royko detailed in the Introduction?

7. What was Richard Daley's strategy regarding dirty campaigning?

8. How did Richard Daley perform in the segregated neighborhoods during the election for his fourth term, and to what did Daley attribute the results?

9. How did Richard Daley deal with scandals and inefficiencies within the city departments in Chicago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After a study found that the Chicago Police were more abusive to African-Americans than they were to whites, the commission suggested blacks and whites be treated more equitably. Richard Daley responded by ordering that whites apprehended by police receive more severe treatment. How was this decision by Daley, along with other events, a precursor to the violence that overshadowed the 1968 Democrat National Convention? Identify at least two other events that suggested Chicago was a dangerous site for the convention.

Essay Topic 2

Based upon what your read in "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago," do you consider the goals of the Chicago desegregation movement to be for political power or for social access? Write an expository essay detailing your position. Use at least three examples from the book that support your view.

Essay Topic 3

Richard Daley had many good characteristics, but he also used those characteristics in a way that they were corrupted. Write an expository essay on how Richard Daley used some very important character qualities to achieve a goal but allowed those qualities to be used for a system that was corrupted. Conclude your essay with whether or not you believe that corruption such as was ingrained in the Cook County Democratic Party can be cleaned up and how the positive character qualities of Richard Daley could have been used in that cause.

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