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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10, pgs. 181-243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which commission did Huey win an election?
(a) Tax Commission.
(b) Railroad Commission.
(c) Penal Commission.
(d) Labor Commission.

2. What was the name of Huey's hometown?
(a) Grand Prairie.
(b) Baton Rouge.
(c) Cordele.
(d) Winnfield.

3. In what year did Huey run for governor of Louisiana?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1918.

4. In what area did Huey oppose Parker regarding taxes?
(a) Entities that extracted national resources from soil and water. .
(b) Entities that utilized child labor.
(c) Companies that refused to pay minimum wages.
(d) Businesses that did not support Civil Rights.

5. Against what company did Huey fight a rate increase in February of 1921?
(a) Gulf Shores Oil.
(b) Cumberland Company.
(c) Baton Rouge Utility Company.
(d) Standard Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. A parish in Louisiana is equivalent to a ____________ in other states.

2. Huey formulated a __________________ that was not accepted by the independent oil producer's association.

3. From what state had Huey's parents come when they moved the family to Louisiana in 1859?

4. What was the only company that ever hired Huey?

5. In what year did Huey quit high school?

(see the answer key)

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