Chapter 13The Era of Huey

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1920’sPolitics

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What amendment to the U.S. Constitution made the manufacturing and sale of alcohol illegal in January

1920?

Eighteenth Amendment

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What hampered Governor John Parker’s efforts to make improvements in

Louisiana?

Louisiana’s 1913 Constitutional ban

on borrowing money for projects

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What did Governor Parker create that required companies to pay a

percentage of the value of the natural resources they

removed from the land?

severance tax

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What natural disaster saw flooding spread more than 50 miles beyond the banks of the Mississippi and forced more

than 275,000 people from their homes?

The Mississippi River Flood of 1927

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What steps did the Citizens Flood Relief Committee take to keep New Orleans from

flooding?

They dynamited the levees below New Orleans to ease

pressure on the levees in the city

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What was Huey Long’s

first experience in state politics?

As a member of the Public Service Commission

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By lowering rates on gas and electricity and

lowering fares on railroads and streetcars, Long became known as a champion for whom?

common people

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What were some promises Long made to secure his

election as governor in 1928?

to provide free school books to the state’s

children, to pave the city’s dirt streets, to pipe natural

gas into the city

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What was one of Long’s most popular programs funded through selling

bonds?

constructing paved roads across the

state

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How did Long use patronage jobs to

increase his power?

People were desperate for jobs and he had the ability

to appoint more than 25,000 state positions,

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How did Long ensure that legislators followed his

orders and voted for laws that he wanted passed?

By taking away their committee assignments

or by threatening to take away jobs from the

family members of elected officials

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What happened when Long’s opponents in

the legislature initiated impeachment

charges?

Bloody Monday – widespread fist fighting on the floor of the state

House of Representatives

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Long convinced fifteen senators to sign a declaration that they would never cast a

guilty vote in his impeachment proceedings.

This became known as what strategy?

The legislative round -robin

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What university saw improvements in facilities and programs that were

of special interest to Long?

Louisiana State University

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Why do some critics refer to Long’s

political career as a dictatorship?

Because he controlled virtually all decisions

and actions of Louisiana state

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What was the reason Long refused to be sworn in as a U.S. Senator for

nearly two years?

So he could control the election of his

replacement as governor

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What was the purpose of Long’s record-length

filibusters on the floor of the Senate?

to block legislation he

was opposed to

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What was the political impact

for Long when he

supported the reelection of Senator Hattie

Caraway?

It showed that he could influence

elections beyond his home state

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To appeal to the nation’s poor during the Great

Depression, how did Long propose to redistribute

wealth?

Through higher taxes on the

nation’s wealthiest citizens

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What projects did Long oversee during O.K.

Allen’s term as Louisiana’s governor?

New roads, the state’s first bridge across the Mississippi River, and a new State Capitol

building

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Who was charged and found guilty of Long’s

assassination?

Carl Austin Weiss

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What is one theory that has risen as new

evidence cast doubts on Weiss’s guilt?

That Long’s bodyguards opened fire as Weiss

approached the senator and they shot Long

accidentally

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Who was appointed to Long’s Senate seat

immediately following his death?

His widow, Rose Long

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What qualified Richard Leche to be backed by Long’s most powerful supporters as the

candidate for governor after Allen’s death?

He was a loyal Long supporter whom they

thought could be controlled

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Why was it difficult for federal investigators to prove Long’s corruption

while he was alive?

Because Long had total control of state government and maintained an atmosphere of

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What term means forbidding the making or selling of alcoholic

beverages?

Prohibition

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What term describes a certificate promising payment

of money by a certain date, which is issued by a

government as evidence of debt?

bond

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What system required state employees to contribute 10% of their salary to

support Long’s political organization?

Deduct Box

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What is the meaning of “fait accompli?”

Something that has been done and cannot be

changed

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What term means “different from what is

usually done or accepted?”

Unorthodox

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Final Question

What act by Governor Long was considered a

“fait accompli”?

He had the governor’s mansion torn down so that

the legislature had no choice but approve a new

one be built

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