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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dave McConnell?

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

3. What nickname did Huey acquire after moving into the governor's mansion?

4. In what year did Huey run for governor of Louisiana?

5. Huey was one of the first politicians to use _______________ in political campaigning.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What were Huey's political aspirations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

HUEY LONG is a classic biography. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief description and character study of Huey's wife, Rose. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What motivated her throughout her life?

Essay Topic 3

What would Huey do? Identify some situations that have occurred in Louisiana and the United States in general and project what Huey's response would have been. For example, how would Huey have managed the situation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit? How would Huey have managed the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has devastated thousands of Louisiana and Gulf Coast businesses and lifestyles.

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