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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25-26, pg. 648-706.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Huey return to New Orleans a few days after arriving at the Senate?
(a) To attend farewell dinners.
(b) To clean out his old office.
(c) To move his family into a new house.
(d) To attend a statue dedication.

3. Who became Huey's best friend upon meeting in a dry goods store?
(a) Harvey Buchanan.
(b) Harley Bozeman.
(c) Ed Feverfew.
(d) Miller Bucknell.

4. What issue did Huey campaign for in 1933 that made him unpopular in Louisiana?
(a) Louisiana tax reform.
(b) Higher education subsidies.
(c) Interstate highway system.
(d) Toll bridge repairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of their salaries were state board members required to donate to Huey's Senate election campaign?

2. Of what state did Huey Long become governor?

3. Against what company did Huey fight a rate increase in February of 1921?

4. Which campaign promise caused Huey the most trouble?

5. How much of his/her salary did state employees have to pay to fund Huey's newspaper?

(see the answer key)

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