An Analysis Of Huey Long's Extremist Ideas

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To conclude, Huey Long’s extremist ideas about government and reformation cost won him popularity and the most of the public’s hearts, but ultimately cost him his life. Through Long’s earlier years in his life where he first saw flaws in America. Into his rise to power in the government where he tried to correct these flaws using the shortest and the most direct ways possible. All the way until he was assassinated in 1935 Long was doing what he thought was best for America. Long’s life, his radical ideas, and rise to fame will never be forgotten throughout American

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