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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8, pgs. 129-180.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the banker whom Huey met and would marry several years later?
(a) Aggie Morton.
(b) Rose McConnell.
(c) Lynee Simpson.
(d) Alice Conley.

2. What was the only company that ever hired Huey?
(a) BP Oil Corporation.
(b) Consolidated-Progressive Oil Corporation.
(c) Allied Oil Corporation.
(d) Gulf Shores Oil Company.

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

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

5. In what year did Huey quit high school?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take Huey to pass the bar exam?

2. What was the name of the lard product that Huey and Harley sold as traveling salesmen?

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

4. What was a dominant personality characteristic of Huey Long's?

5. Huey became an advocate for change in the area of __________________.

(see the answer key)

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