Question

The Ku Klux Klan ran an anti-Catholic, anti-city, anti-immigrant hate campaign against the Catholic candidate in the 1928 presidential election. They said the Catholic pope would be ruling America from Rome if that candidate were elected. Who was the candidate? A) Calvin Coolidge B) Al Smith C) Warren Harding
D) Herbert Hoover
Thank you!

Answer 1

Answer:

AI Smith {b}

Explanation:

Answer 2

Al Smith was the catholic candidate in the 1928 presidential election to whom the Ku Klux Klan was opposed.

• Ku Klux klan is an infamous white supremacist group that was founded in 1865.

• Pre 1963 and the subsequent elimination of Jim crow laws this clan was very influential and had a large following.

• This clan is responsible for numerous nefarious incidents and was also burned the cross across the U.S.A in protest to Al smith's nomination