Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Richard Daley earn a nickname while he was using public funding for various public works projects?
(a) He improved the downtown and lake front areas and upgraded O'Hare from a military airport to one of the nation's state of the art commercial airports.
(b) He was behind massive urban renewal developments in poor minority areas of Chicago.
(c) He took personal risk in supporting Adalai Stevenson's nomination for a second run against President Eisenhower.
(d) The country witnessed his tough political tactics first hand.

3. What happened to honest officials in the department that became troublesome for Richard Daley?
(a) Ward committeemen who refused to cheat lost their positions and discredited within the Cook County Democrat Party.
(b) Honest policemen are placed in desk jobs, passed over for promotions, and are isolated from important activities.
(c) Code enforcement and real estate agents who tried to blow the whistle had false information on their finances published and were chased out of their departments or businesses.
(d) Code enforcement personnel with the responsibility to provide housing access were beaten up and taken to the outskirts of Chicago.

4. What defined the geographic areas of Chicago?
(a) Ethnicity.
(b) Political affiliations.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Proximity to Lake Michigan.

5. What did Richard Daley do through the evenings of the 1920's after he was finished with his day job with the City?
(a) He drove a truck delivering coal to factories.
(b) He tended bar for several illegal speakeasies.
(c) He wrote campaign speeches for Democrat dignitaries.
(d) He attended DePaul Law School.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were patronage jobs issued in Chicago?

2. What were the issues that Richard Daley's opponent raised during the election before his fourth term?

3. Who was the president who appointed Abraham Marovitz and what year was it done?

4. How many patronage jobs did Vito Marzullo have for his precinct?

5. What are patronage jobs?

(see the answer key)

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