Huey Long and Father Coughlin were extremely influential politicians who opposed the creeping new society of Big Business and high technology. They blamed certain companies and they're owners (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Pullman, ect.) of Big Business for the financial distraught of America, and were very successful in conveying their argument. However, they were not so successful in achieving their goal in the destruction of this new technological society, for the simple reason that they were too late. The society of America and the world had already turned towards this economic change.

To understand the views of Long and Coughlin you must understand the people that they are. Huey Long was a fiery young man from the start. At the age of twenty he made the prophe

Long and Coughlin played a huge role in the protest movements during the Depression. Although being somewhat unsuccessful in their overall goal, they did complete many beneficial things. They brought rise to the monopolies during the Depression. They revolutionized the radio. They provided "an affirmation of threatened values and institutions, and a vision of a properly structured society in which those values and institutions could thrive" (page 143). Long and Coughlin were "creations of the moment", which rested on "some of the oldest and deepest impulses in American political life" (page 144). They gave immediate hope to their followers that the depression could be ended soon. They represented the peoples hopes and dreams, and although both men's' dreams ended tragic, they earned their respective place in history.

cy that he would run for election "first to secondary stated office in Louisiana, then for governor, then for United States Senator, and finally for president" (page 8). He had the combination of ruthless ambition, along with compassion of the downtrodden. Throughout his life he completed all of his predictions, except for the most prestigious: the presidency. Many believe the only reason he did not succeed in becoming president is because he was assassinated before he got the chance. He was known to many as "the Kingfish," referring to his near dictatorship on Louisiana. He constantly went off into filibusters during congressional meetings, whether it be to pursuade against or in favor of a new bill. He killed many bills in this way, many being essentially "dangerous" to the common people. He lived a very flamboyant lifestyle, constantly h

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