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Question 1

What occupation was Huey Long before he was governor?

Answer 1

lawyer

Question 2

Did Huey Long win his first attempt for governor?

Answer 2

no

Question 3

What are 3 ideas behind the share our wealth program?

Answer 3

home car job

Question 4

List 3 areas LA improved in during Long’s term as governor.

Answer 4

transportation education health care

Question 5

How far did the Mississippi flood outside its banks?

Answer 5

50 miles

Question 7

6. How many were forced from their homes during the Great Flood?

Answer 7

275,000

Question 8

Who were Long’s biggest supporters?

Answer 8

common men

Question 9

What was Long’s biggest contribution to education?

Answer 9

textbooks

Question 10

How did Long finance roads?

Answer 10

bonds

Question 11

Who replaced Leche as governor?

Answer 11

Earl K long

Question 12

Term for LA’s corrupt political practices

Answer 12

the louisiana way

Question 13

Who took over as governor after O.K. Allen’s death?

Answer 13

richard leche

Question 14

What year did Long announce his run for president?

Answer 14

1936

Question 15

What was the name of the state police unit under Long’s control?

Answer 15

bureau of investigation

Question 16

What office did Long hold when he was assassinated?

Answer 16

senator

Question 18

Huey Long’s nickname?

Answer 18

kingfish

Question 19

Was Long ever impeached?

Answer 19

yes

Question 20

What 2 parishes were flooded as a result of destroying levees?

Answer 20

St Berard and Placquemines

Question 21

10% of state employees salaries given to support Long.

Answer 21

the deduct box

Question 22

forbidding by law the making and selling of alcoholic beverages

Answer 22

prohibition

Question 23

an organization that worked for prohibition

Answer 23

WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

Question 24

the process of bringing charges against a public official

Answer 24

impeachment

Question 25

a tax on natural resources taken from the land

Answer 25

severance tax

Question 26

a break in the levee

Answer 26

crevasse

Question 27

to remove or suppress

Answer 27

censor

Question 28

Began in 1989 with stock market crash and lasted until the 40s

Answer 28

great depression

Question 29

proposed to end poverty by giving a family a minimum of 5,000 a year.

Answer 29

share our wealth program

Question 30

a program that provided work for single young men for the ages of 18-25

Answer 30

civilian conservation corps

Question 31

program that provided work for men who had families

Answer 31

wors progress administration

Question 32

40th governor of louisiana; the most famous progressive governor in louisiana history

Answer 32

huey long

Question 33

Acting governor when long was elected to the senate

Answer 33

alvin o king

Question 34

huey long’s brother

Answer 34

earl long

Question 35

handpicked by huey long to become governor in 1932

Answer 35

ok allen

Question 36

shot huey long on september 8 1935

Answer 36

carl weiss

Question 37

elected governor in 1936, resigned in 1939 because of theft and corruption

Answer 37

richard leche

Question 38

fist radio station in new orleans

Answer 38

wwl

Question 39

place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold

Answer 39

speakeasies

Question 40

made liquor to sell

Answer 40

moonshiners

Question 41

sold smuggled liquor; hid the liquor in their boots

Answer 41

bootleggers

Question 42

granted women the right to vote.

Answer 42

19th amendment

Question 43

democrat governor of nola

Answer 43

john parker

Question 44

prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol

Answer 44

the 18th amendment

Question 45

repealed the 18th amendment

Answer 45

21st amendment

Question 46

One of a kind

Answer 46

suis generie

Question 47

10% of a state emplyees salary given to support law

Answer 47

deduct box

Question 48

One of the worst natural disasters in US history

Answer 48

flood of 1927