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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. In what year was Huey Long assassinated?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1912.

2. What was one of the promises Huey made during his gubernatorial campaign?
(a) Food stamps.
(b) Surfaced roads.
(c) Government home loans.
(d) Tax cuts for home improvements.

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

4. With what major oil company did Parker broker a deal regarding taxes?
(a) Gulf Shores Oil.
(b) Texaco Oil.
(c) Standard Oil.
(d) BP Oil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Huey need to develop a power base?

2. Which senatorial campaign did Huey work for that helped his own visibility as well?

3. What was the big case that influenced Huey's career over the next few years?

4. What did Huey use heavily during the 1928 gubernatorial campaign?

5. Which campaign promise caused Huey the most trouble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Huey slide into the national political scene by attending the Democratic National Convention?

3. What were some of Huey's innovative campaign techniques?

4. Describe Huey's sales ability.

5. What types of clients did Huey represent in his Shreveport law office?

6. Why did Huey and Rose move to Shreveport and what kind of legal cases did Huey specialize in?

7. Summarize Huey Long's life as a U.S. Senator until his untimely death in 1935.

8. What was Bloody Monday?

9. What impact did Huey's brother, Julius, have on Huey's life?

10. Describe Huey as a child.

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