Huey Long Test | Final Test - Easy

T. Harry Williams
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Huey Long Test | Final Test - Easy

T. Harry Williams
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Senator did Huey help get elected?
(a) Martha Bonaventure.
(b) Annette Hall.
(c) Hattie Caraway.
(d) Margaret Wilson.

2. On what topic did Huey deliver a national radio broadcast on February 23, 1934?
(a) Minimum Wage.
(b) Decentralization of wealth.
(c) Social Security.
(d) Conscription.

3. Who paid for Huey's expenses when he campaigned for the person in #124?
(a) The Presidential Campaign Fund.
(b) Roosevelt's Campaign Fund.
(c) Huey.
(d) The Senate Campaign Fund.

4. What was the name of the militant anti-Long group?
(a) Square Deal Association.
(b) Kings of Destiny.
(c) Phooey on Huey.
(d) Too Long Now.

5. Which of the following was NOT a program that Huey supported?
(a) Severance tax.
(b) Free school books.
(c) Road Works.
(d) No state tax.

6. Huey was the first to use _______________ in a campaign.
(a) Radio advertising.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A sound truck.
(d) Bumper stickers.

7. What was Huey's primary focus in 1934?
(a) School funding.
(b) Wealth redistribution.
(c) Interstate highways.
(d) Water pollution.

8. What was Huey's important issue during his early days in the Senate?
(a) Civil Rights.
(b) Wealth redistribution.
(c) Medicare.
(d) Social Security.

9. After the impeachment hearings, Huey became characterized as ________________.
(a) A monarch.
(b) An elitist.
(c) An oligarch.
(d) A demagogue.

10. Who did Huey hire for a position at Louisiana State University (LSU), even though the school already had one?
(a) A band director.
(b) A soccer coach.
(c) A football coach.
(d) A basketball coach.

11. Why was the National Guard called in once again?
(a) The Civil Rights marchers were threatening violence.
(b) Huey said there was an assassination plot against him.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan was holding rallies in New Orleans.
(d) There were a series of Negro lynchings.

12. What were Roosevelt's new administration programs called?
(a) Hands Across America.
(b) A Step Up.
(c) Banking on America.
(d) The New Deal.

13. What did Huey and his bodyguards do almost every night?
(a) Went to nightclubs.
(b) Entertained other senators.
(c) Read briefs.
(d) Played cards.

14. What was the nickname Huey called his opponent Senator Joseph E. Ransdell?
(a) Old Feather Duster.
(b) Old Piss and Vinegar.
(c) Old Stick in the Mud.
(d) Old Ironsides.

15. What did Huey feel he needed to help the people?
(a) Education.
(b) Friends.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was happening to Huey's power in 1934?

2. Why did Huey support the Glass-Stegall Act?

3. Which of the following was NOT an area that saw great improvement during Huey's tenure as Governor?

4. How did the people of Louisiana show their disapproval of Huey's support of the issue in #136?

5. What was the name of Huey's plan related to the topic in #142?

(see the answer keys)

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