Describe the political career of Huey Long

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. In 1928, Huey Long won the governorship of Louisiana.
2. He did more for the underprivileged people of Louisiana than any other governor had.
3. His ambition had no bounds, and he used any means to accumulate power.
4. In 1932, Long resigned the governorship and won election to the U.S. Senate.
5. Initially he supported FDR, but by 1933 he had broken with the president and forged his own political movement based on his Share-Our-Wealth Plan.
6. Long advocated a radical redistribution of the nation's wealth.
7. Long was assassinated in 1935.

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