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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the case in #46?
(a) It was settled out of court.
(b) The charges were withdrawn.
(c) Refunds for customers.
(d) Indictments against the board members.

2. Where did Huey run his political campaign?
(a) The state capitol.
(b) A warehouse.
(c) A V.F.W. hall.
(d) His mother's house.

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

4. Who did Huey support in the 1916 election?
(a) John M. Parker.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Earl Long.

5. Who became a political foe of Long's in Washington?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Herbert Hoover.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a major fear of Huey's?

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

3. What issue did Huey try to avoid in the governor race?

4. Who was the banker whom Huey met and would marry several years later?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Sum up Huey Long's life up until his time as a U.S. Senator.

2. Why didn't Huey's family live in the governor's mansion?

3. How successful was Huey's law practice?

4. Why was the Ku Klux Klan a problem issue in Huey's gubernatorial run in 1923?

5. What were some of the campaign tactics Huey used in the run for governor in 1927?

6. What personal privileges did Huey take at taxpayer expense?

7. What were some of the challenges that faced Huey as he began his gubernatorial race in 1927?

8. What were two campaign promises that Huey made that he was making come true?

9. In what type of household did Huey grow up?

10. Who was John M. Parker and what was his political nemesis?

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