How Did Huey Long Influence The Government Of The United States
Chapter 14
Corruption, Reform, and Reaction, 1935-1950 Huey Long’s death marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. After Long’s assassination, politicians sought to continue his dictatorial rule, but proved to be lesser men. The resulting scandals of 1939 generated a reform movement putting the Anti-Longites into power. It was during this period that Louisiana emerged from the Great Depression and entered into the most prosperous era, yet many continued to lead second class lives.
The Leche Administration, 1936-1939 Huey Long ruled Louisiana with an iron hand. Long based his political dictatorship on cultivating popular support, which became known as his “bread and circuses” program. Long proclaimed himself champion of the poor. Long kept his campaign promises to provide Louisiana free school textbooks, new roads, bridges, hospitals, and many more. Long’s death was unexpected and many were eager to replace him, such as:
1. Earl K. Long—Huey’s brother
2. James A. Noe—A Monroe oil tycoon
3. Wade O. Martin, …show more content…
Blessed with huge reserves of crude oil, natural gas, sulfur, timber, and other materials, Louisiana ranked second only to Texas in the value of its natural resources. The state government leased its mineral resources to various indus¬tries and placed a severance tax on those minerals extracted from state land.
In the area of cultural accomplishment, Louisiana provided the scene for two highly acclaimed works, All the King's Men, a novel based on the life of Huey Long by the novelist-poet Robert Penn Warren, and A Street¬car Named Desire, a play set in New Orleans's French Quarter, by Tennes¬see Williams. Meanwhile, journalists Hodding Carter of the Hammond Vin¬dicator, Harnett T. Kane of the New Orleans Item, and F. Edward Hebert of the New Orleans States courageously defended freedom of the press against attacks by Huey Long and Richard
Corruption, Reform, and Reaction, 1935-1950 Huey Long’s death marked the end of one era and the beginning of another. After Long’s assassination, politicians sought to continue his dictatorial rule, but proved to be lesser men. The resulting scandals of 1939 generated a reform movement putting the Anti-Longites into power. It was during this period that Louisiana emerged from the Great Depression and entered into the most prosperous era, yet many continued to lead second class lives.
The Leche Administration, 1936-1939 Huey Long ruled Louisiana with an iron hand. Long based his political dictatorship on cultivating popular support, which became known as his “bread and circuses” program. Long proclaimed himself champion of the poor. Long kept his campaign promises to provide Louisiana free school textbooks, new roads, bridges, hospitals, and many more. Long’s death was unexpected and many were eager to replace him, such as:
1. Earl K. Long—Huey’s brother
2. James A. Noe—A Monroe oil tycoon
3. Wade O. Martin, …show more content…
Blessed with huge reserves of crude oil, natural gas, sulfur, timber, and other materials, Louisiana ranked second only to Texas in the value of its natural resources. The state government leased its mineral resources to various indus¬tries and placed a severance tax on those minerals extracted from state land.
In the area of cultural accomplishment, Louisiana provided the scene for two highly acclaimed works, All the King's Men, a novel based on the life of Huey Long by the novelist-poet Robert Penn Warren, and A Street¬car Named Desire, a play set in New Orleans's French Quarter, by Tennes¬see Williams. Meanwhile, journalists Hodding Carter of the Hammond Vin¬dicator, Harnett T. Kane of the New Orleans Item, and F. Edward Hebert of the New Orleans States courageously defended freedom of the press against attacks by Huey Long and Richard