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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Huey do with the money he earned from the case in #28?
(a) Invested in stock.
(b) Traveled internationally.
(c) Built a house.
(d) Bought a car.

2. To what city did Huey travel to attend the 1928 Democratic National Convention?
(a) Houston.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

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

4. To which commission did Huey win an election?
(a) Railroad Commission.
(b) Tax Commission.
(c) Penal Commission.
(d) Labor Commission.

5. Huey proposed a bill for a tax on ______________ to provide revenue for hospitals and charitable organizations.
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Tea.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Carbon black.

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

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

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

9. Who was Dave McConnell?
(a) Huey's brother-in-law.
(b) Huey's campaign finance manager.
(c) Huey's publicity manager.
(d) Huey's dentist.

10. In what area did Huey oppose Parker regarding taxes?
(a) Businesses that did not support Civil Rights.
(b) Entities that utilized child labor.
(c) Entities that extracted national resources from soil and water. .
(d) Companies that refused to pay minimum wages.

11. Many people characterized Huey as _______________.
(a) A womanizer.
(b) A saint.
(c) An idiot.
(d) A hero.

12. Where did Huey need to develop a power base?
(a) The U.S. Congress.
(b) The metropolitan areas.
(c) The southwestern parishes.
(d) The Democratic Party.

13. In what year did the House impeach Huey?
(a) He was not impeached.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1925.

14. What did Huey denounce in the 1928 gubernatorial race?
(a) The cigarette tax law.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The New Orleans Ring.
(d) The Louisiana school system.

15. In what year did Huey Long win a Senate seat?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1950.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Huey Long become governor?

3. With whom did Huey have an affair?

4. What body of water flooded more than two million acres of land in Louisiana in 1927?

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

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