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Please help! Which candidate in the 1928 presidential election was attacked for being Catholic?


A.

Herbert Hoover


B.

Warren Harding


C.

Calvin Coolidge


D.

Al Smith

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Batman1324

The correct answer is Al Smith.

Answer:

D. Al Smith

Explanation:

Al Smith was called the "Happy Warrior".  The Happy Warrior was Catholic, Irish, and a New York City Boy.  Some of Hoovers supporters ran anti-Catholic hate campaigns.  They said that if Al Smith got elected, the Catholic Pope would be ruling America from Rome.

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