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

2. Huey eventually began a movement to _______________.
(a) Redistribute wealth.
(b) Enact civil rights.
(c) Institute a minimum wage.
(d) Ban pornography.

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

4. Long won the right to inspect some of the books of __________________.
(a) IBM.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) Texaco Oil.
(d) AT&T.

5. The political machine in ________________ was known as the Old Regular or Ring.
(a) Lafayette.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Winnfield.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Huey run for governor of Louisiana?

2. Who did Huey support in the 1916 election?

3. In what year did Huey Long win a Senate seat?

4. What was the result of the case in #46?

5. Who served as the local political boss in Louisiana parishes in the early 20th century?

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