In this essay I will tell you about Huey P. Long and why he was such an important person in history. Huey changed Louisiana politics with his programs by making the lives better for millions of people in Louisiana. His ideas led to different programs that we have today such as federal student loans, social security, veterans benefits, and lots more. Huey long was born near Winnfield, Louisiana on August 30th, 1893. He was the seventh of nine children. His parents were Caledonia Tison Long and Huey Pierce Long Sr.. Huey’s father was a livestock farmer. At this time he lived in one of the poorest parishes in Louisiana, Winn Parish. Most of the families there were living in poverty. These people had little education and relied on each other to …show more content…
Senate and won but he waited to be Senator until he could find someone loyal to take his place as governor. Alvin O. King became Lt. Governor, letting Huey become Senator in 1932. He started a program called “Share Our Wealth” which would give families in need a guaranteed income of $5,000 annually, free college education, veterans benefits, healthcare, and old-age payments to people over sixty. He wanted to help poor people because they did not have programs to help the people in poverty back then. Huey did all that he could to help the poor people but on September 8th, 1935, one month after announcing that he would run for U.S. President the unthinkable happened, Huey Long was assassinated at the age of forty-two. Huey P. Long was a real life superhero to the people. He did all he could to help the poor people, and he was loved by many for this reason. Huey wanted to change politics by helping people in poverty get the things they needed to live and not by just helping the big companies stay rich, he wanted to give to the poor instead. His motto was “Every Man a King And No One Wears A Crown”. Huey P. Long went down in history as the best governor in the eyes of the people in
Thomas Jefferson’s presidential actions are often less remembered than his work on the Declaration of Independence and his other Revolutionary War contributions, despite their impact on how the United States would, literally, take shape. There were many outcomes from his time in office, the eight years from 1801 to 1809, some good, others less so. Still, I believe that, on the whole, his administration benefited the nation. For one thing, President Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase added hundreds of thousands square miles to the size of the United States. Another, though less direct influence he had was that, in initiating the case of Marbury v. Madison, he unintentionally aided the Supreme Court in gaining the power to exercise judicial review.
Though initially his decision was criticized, Thomas Jefferson 's pursuit of the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States, as well as impacted the economy, religion, and race of the nation.
The backdrop of Louisiana acquisition accompanied with the advent of the 17th century. As France scrutinized the Mississippi river rambling adjustment of the region took place. As the 18th century advanced France overcame the existing day United Sates of America than any other region of the European country (U.S., 2016). All the while the French and Indian War France abandon French Louisiana, Mississippi river of Spain and with advancing time they handed over the existing ownership to the Britain. The Louisiana acquisition was originally the deal of land between two enormous countries United States of America and France. In 1803, the accord of and took place between both the countries. The deal
Huey Long during a radio broadcast was explaining his populist plan of wealth redistribution to fix the country’s high poverty problem. Long then lists several solutions that he and the Share Our Wealth Society stand for. Long’s first solution is to regulate the minimum and maximum amount of wealth a family can have. With this, every family should have a house and live comfortably whether they are rich or poor. Next, Huey long proposes to control the amount of income a family could have. No family should have less than one-third of the average income, and that a family can’t earn more than three hundred times the average income. Then, Long suggests that everyone over the age of sixty should have
He won many battles and signed the Indian Removal Act. James Monroe is a key person in this time period because he is the creator of the Monroe Doctrine, the principle of US policy that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. This time period impacted other areas of American History because of the global market and communications revolution, influenced by technological innovations, led to dramatic shifts in the nature of agriculture and manufacturing for the future. Changes such as The Second Great Awakening seemed controversial because thousands listened to evangelical preachers and were encouraged to convert to Baptist or Methodist doctrines. The emphasis on the purification of society coincided with the other reforms of the age. If I were present during this time I would want to be apart of the Seneca Falls Convention because it was the first the first women’s rights convention. I also would want to participate in the World Anti-Slavery Convention because I believe all people are equal and would love to see the world take a step towards that
The Louisiana Purchase's effect upon the American political landscape was almost as dramatic as its effect upon the country's geography.
Before Thomas Jefferson ever entered the presidency, he believed in the “Empire of Liberty.” He wrote in a letter to a friend that “Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which all America, North or South, is to be peopled.” His motives for the intense eye on American expansion were greatness for his country, as well as for himself. He was disgusted with the idea of North America being divided into nation-states like Europe. His goal was for the ideals of the American Revolution to spread over the whole continent. He passed and helped pass some of the legislation that helped early America expand. He co-authored the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which allowed for states to be made from the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio River. Jefferson’s desire for exploring the lands west of the Mississippi had been around for fifty years. Jefferson’s father was a member of the Loyal Land Company. After American Independence, there were four plans to explore the west; Jefferson was behind three of those plans. The Louisiana Purchase divided the political country, before and after the actual purchase. I intend to show these sides by examining documents from Jefferson, his colleagues, and the opposition to the Purchase, as well as international deterrents to the Purchase.
Abraham Lincoln led America through its bloodiest war. His actions changed the nation forever, and his legacy lives on today. Lincoln was the sixteenth President of the United States. Throughout the Civil War, Lincoln’s political strategies aided the Union victory. Lincoln set the Reconstruction of America into motion, and abolished slavery. In what follows, I will be discussing the life of one of the nation’s greatest presidents. Before his famous political career, Lincoln was a self educated lawyer. In debates across his life, he opposed slavery. During his time in Congress and in the Senate, Lincoln passed many laws, some that locally abolished slavery before the Civil War.
Because of its complex history, Louisiana has had many interesting people affect its’ history books. According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the definition of impact is to have a strong effect on someone or something. In normal-person speech, that means to influence a person or thing. Certain men that have had a positive impact on Louisiana’s history are the influential Charles Elson “Buddy” Roemer III and Captain Henry Miller Shreve, but the former had a greater impact because of his actions have saved the state from financially hard times.
Long was poised to run for president in the 1936 to run for president against Franklin Roosevelt, and with Huey's Share Our Wealth program he would have surely one. He was a man unlike no other, he fought through political gridlock to actually accomplish things. He was one the most influential and controversial politicians in Louisiana. Some of our most cherished government institutions like social security, veteran benefits, student financial aid to public works projects were call pushed by the peoples champ Huey Long.
What makes an instance of conflict historically significant is its result. A conflict is a disagreement or controversy between two or more people usually ending in a fight or battle, and a significant historical event means that a theme is developed in history due to what takes place. If the conflict causes a meaningful change over an extended amount of time, then the particular instance contains a historical significance. As it relates to the history of Louisiana, important conflicts consist of serious disagreements or battles that led to the many changes taken place throughout the state’s history. The three conflicts I selected are Bienville’s desire to name New Orleans’ location, the transfer of the Louisiana colony to Spain, and the controversy
Huey Long came from a humble background. His father, Huey Pierce Long, Sr. was a “livestock farmer” from Winn Parish, one of the “poorest parishes in a very poor state” (Hueylong.com). Willie Stark also hailed from a modest background. Penn describes Willie as a “red-faced and red-necked farm boy” demonstrating humble roots similar to those of Huey Long (7, Warren). Willie also comes from a low class family, which enables him to identify with the common man of society. For example, during his impromptu speech in front of the convenient store, Willie uses Germanic diction and speaks to the “folks” in the town of his being called to “come home” and the importance of roots (16-17). Huey and Willie’s upbringings are clearly a connection between the two men and directly impact their personalities and decisions that they make throughout their lives.
Senator Huey long on February 23rd, 1934, delivered his “Every Man a King” (Long, 1934)
In this newly written biography, General Ulysses S. Grant: the soldier and the man, Civil War historian, Edward G. Longacre, examines Grant’s early life all the way through to his time as a military leader. Longacre takes the time to carefully analyze Grant’s childhood and the type of kid he was. He also examines Grant’s married life and how important his wife was to him. He takes a look at Grant’s early military career and what made him the kind of general he became. A deep focus that Longacre discussed was Grant’s biggest weakness: alcohol. Alcoholism consumed Grant, in the most literal sense, and affected him during his military career. Longacre describes Grant in a new and fascinating perspective in his biography.
James A. Garfield was an outstanding man of many endeavors who went from driving boats down the canal to become a general of the union army to the twentieth president of the United States of America (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans). James A. Garfield was against slavery and had great plans for reconstruction, but sadly they were cut short. His term only lasted in the first year, as Garfield was shot by an office seeker and died many months later (The American Heritage Book of the Presidents and Famous Americans).