View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the various Chicago neighborhoods sustained economically?
(a) Each neighborhood had industrial plants to employ local residents.
(b) Each neighborhood was able to earn federal funds to support racial minorities.
(c) Each neighborhood had a core of entreprenuers who created jobs.
(d) Each neighborhood had a connection with organized crime and rum runners.

2. In what year did Richard Daley earn a position in the Cook County Democratic Central Committee?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1954.

3. After Richard Daley put his scandal behind him, what two political victories did he achieve?
(a) He helped to elect Dan Rostenkowski to congress and defeated Robert Merriam in a second election.
(b) He helped to elect John F. Kennedy to the presidency and defeated his rival Ben Adamowski.
(c) He overwelmingly won a third term as mayor and got Vito Marzullo appointed to the federal court.
(d) He helped to name Lyndon B. Johnson as John F. Kennedy's running mate and had his urban renewal plans endorsed by Martin Luther King.

4. What role did Joe McDonough play in shaping Richard Daley's political career?
(a) He introduced Daley to his wife.
(b) He rented a room to Daley so he could get to work on time.
(c) He chose Daley as his Chief of Staff.
(d) He taught Daley the ins and outs of Chicago's political machine.

5. What personal relationship was Richard Daley maintaining that gave him the incentive to do well when he was working for Joe McDonough in the Cook County Treasurer's Office?
(a) He served as liaison between Al Capone and his syndicate while he was in prison.
(b) He began dating his future wife, Eleanor.
(c) He began working with a young politician named Adalai Stevenson.
(d) He started doing business with Joe Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of Richard Daley's hard work with the Democratic Central Committee?

2. Who did Richard Daley usually see first when he arrived at his office?

3. Who was the Republican candidate opposing Richard Daley in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election?

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

5. What 1960 police department scandal caused great embarrassment for Richard Daley?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 484 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample