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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a lame duck session in Congress?
(a) The summer holiday.
(b) A budgeting period.
(c) A ramp-up to re-election campaigns.
(d) The period of December-March for Senators who were not re-elected.

2. What brought an end to the impeachment trial?
(a) Illegal proceedings.
(b) Statute of limitations.
(c) Public pressure.
(d) Insufficient votes.

3. Huey opposed Roosevelt on the ratification of the ________________.
(a) The New Deal.
(b) Minimum Wage Act.
(c) World Court Treaty.
(d) Women's Voting Act.

4. Huey opposed the ratification of a treaty regarding which body of water?
(a) Mississippi River.
(b) St. Lawrence Waterway.
(c) Lake Pontchartrain.
(d) Panama Canal.

5. After the impeachment hearings, Huey became characterized as ________________.
(a) An oligarch.
(b) A demagogue.
(c) A monarch.
(d) An elitist.

6. Huey supported the construction of _____________ toll bridges without the possibility of federal aid.
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 21.
(d) 11.

7. Who was Huey's informant inside the group in #161?
(a) Miller Boulanger.
(b) Charlie Bateux.
(c) Sidney Songy.
(d) Martin Elsmore.

8. Huey would only talk to reporters from __________________.
(a) Out-of-state papers.
(b) Shreveport.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) Atlanta.

9. How did the people of Louisiana show their disapproval of Huey's support of the issue in #136?
(a) They threw tomatoes and eggs at him.
(b) They deflated his car tires.
(c) They bombed his house.
(d) They wrote letters to the editor.

10. What university was Huey interested in improving?
(a) Louisiana State University.
(b) Tulane University.
(c) Loyola University.
(d) University of New Orleans.

11. What did Huey and his bodyguards do almost every night?
(a) Went to nightclubs.
(b) Read briefs.
(c) Played cards.
(d) Entertained other senators.

12. A move to destroy Huey Long was rumored to be financed by ___________________.
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

13. Huey worked to help _______________ obtain the Democratic for U.S. President.
(a) Howard Taft.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Harry Truman.

14. What was the name of the book Huey wrote?
(a) Kingfisher.
(b) Louisiana First and Foremost.
(c) My Louisiana Home.
(d) Every Man a King.

15. What did Huey feel he needed to help the people?
(a) Money.
(b) Friends.
(c) Power.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a committee on which Huey was involved?

2. Why did Huey support the Glass-Stegall Act?

3. What was Huey's primary focus in 1934?

4. What is a filibuster?

5. Who was sworn in as Governor of Louisiana to serve between Huey's departure from office and the next election?

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