The political carreers of Huey Long and Father Coughlin

Throughout the Great Depression the United States went through tremendous change. When there is a time of great change, there are always people who oppose it, whether the change is good or bad. The issue of this report is not to discuss if the changes in America throughout the depression were positive or negative, but to discuss the people who opposed it; primarily focusing on Huey Long and Charles Coughlin, or Father Coughlin, and their …

…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. Bibliography Bibliography Brinkley, Alan. Voices of Protest. First Vintage Books Series. Random House Inc., New York, 1983.