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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. What are patronage jobs?

2. What was the first stop that Richard Daley made everyday?

3. What skills did Richard Daley learn in the Christian Brothers technical school?

4. What supplemental role did the Chicago Police Department perform for Richard Daley?

5. Who was the president that Richard Daley supposedly helped to elect?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Richard Daley become a candidate for his first election and for what party was he elected?

2. What was the "Battle of Michigan Avenue"?

3. To what office was Richard Daley's mentor elected and how did his mentor's habit help his career?

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

5. What law enforcement order did Richard Daley make during riots that broke out after the assassination of Martin Luther King?

6. What was Richard Daley's margin of victory in 1971 and what did it mean for his power over Chicago?

7. In earlier times how would a ward committeeman coerce immigrants to vote for Democrats?

8. What was the school that Richard Daley attended after high school and what sort of skills did that school teach?

9. How did Richard Daley decide whose complaints will get satisfactory treatment?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think of the rules of Chicago politics: ". . . help your friends, hurt your enemies, adjust a case through the police and add up the votes until they come out right. Most important rule--don't get caught. Don't repeat what you hear." How did these rules help to develop a closed political system that exerted control over what was then the country's second most populated city? Write a full examination of what it would take for these rules to have control over the city and how each contributes to the strength of the other. Which do you consider most important in a political system? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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