View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the big case that influenced Huey's career over the next few years?
(a) The Caddo Parish case.
(b) The Lake Pontchartrain Bridge case.
(c) The Dr. Sam Sheppard case.
(d) The New Orleans Civil Rights case.

2. Campaigning for the 1928 gubernatorial race began in _________________.
(a) June 1926.
(b) February 1927.
(c) March 1927
(d) November 1926.

3. In what year did Huey Long become governor?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1954.

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

5. Which of Huey's brothers paid his law school expenses?
(a) Earl.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Julius.
(d) Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Huey Long assassinated?

2. In what state did Huey and Harley travel as salesmen?

3. What was the name of the group that presented a resolution to impeach Huey Long?

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

5. How much was Huey fined in a libel suit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Huey as a child.

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

3. What was the big case regarding bridges that influenced Huey's career?

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

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

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

7. How did Huey's fight against the Cumberland Company's rate increases highlight his ability to fight for common people?

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

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

10. What were the circumstances behind of the first attempt to impeach Huey?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 932 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample