(**note: go through the primary documents in Polenberg and assign each one a number designated first by chapter and then by document number)

What motivated Huey Long and Father Coughlin?

Who supported them and why?

Do you think populist is a good description of their politics? Why or why not?

Was Long good for the people of Louisiana? How so?

How did Long and Coughlin understand the depression?

What remedies did they propose?

Were those realistic solutions?

For whom did they have appeal and why?

How did they compare to Roosevelt?

What in Roosevelt's first inaugural address echoes the messages of Long and Coughlin?

What was the basis for each of their successes?

What role did technology (i.e.: the radio) play in each of their platforms?

What was striking about Roosevelt's first FireSide Chat?