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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) Refunds for customers.
(b) Indictments against the board members.
(c) It was settled out of court.
(d) The charges were withdrawn.

2. In what state did Huey and Harley travel as salesmen?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) Texas.
(d) Louisiana.

3. Of what state did Huey Long become governor?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arkansas.

4. Which senatorial campaign did Huey work for that helped his own visibility as well?
(a) Edwin S. Broussard.
(b) Charles F. Lafayette.
(c) James A. Hall.
(d) Herme Boulanger.

5. Where did Huey move after he won his seat on the Commission?
(a) Baton Rouge.
(b) Lake Charles.
(c) Kenner.
(d) Shreveport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only company that ever hired Huey?

2. Huey eventually began a movement to _______________.

3. To which commission did Huey win an election?

4. In what year did Huey quit high school?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Huey's political aspirations?

2. Describe Huey as a child.

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

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

5. How did Huey begin to establish his power base and his popularity in Louisiana?

6. What was the nature of the severance tax on which Huey and Parker disagreed?

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

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

9. Describe Huey's campaign strategies during his run for governor in 1923.

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

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