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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a campaign tactic that Richard Daley used against all of his election opponents?
(a) The Chicago Democrat Machine spread scandalous stories about the opponent that was either false or irrelevant, but Daley kept himself detatched from the stories.
(b) On election day he had public works projects on streets for polling sites in precincts where he feared losing.
(c) He would have public debates against the opponent and stack the audience in his favor.
(d) He campaigned door-to-door in precincts where he was polling behind his opponent.

2. What was the most important rule Richard Daley learned from Joe McDonough?
(a) Keep a stiff upper lip.
(b) Don't get caught.
(c) Don't call us, we'll call you.
(d) Don't look back, something may be gaining on you.

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

4. How did Richard Daley respond to the outbreaks?
(a) He had a city hall meeting with civil rights advocates to get their input for a new police chief.
(b) He ordered a restoration of Chief Wilson's policies in the African American neighborhoods.
(c) He restored water services to the fire hydrants in the neighborhood.
(d) He issued shoot to kill orders against arsonists and shoot to maim orders against looters.

5. What was Richard Daley able to accomplish with the additional funding that the Republican Governor of Illinois granted to Chicago in 1956?
(a) Show the parents of school children that he wanted to improve education.
(b) Show the voters who could not afford a car that he would help them get to work.
(c) Begin new construction and present tangible proof to the voters that he is wasting no time in improving the city.
(d) Show decision makers in Washington that he could support their plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the topic for Chapter II?

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

3. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?

4. What resulted from the high ranking personnel change that came to Daley at the beginning of his fourth term?

5. In what year was Richard Daley born?

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